{"product_id":"imagining-politics-stephen-benedict-dyson-9780472074242","title":"Imagining Politics: Interpretations in Political Science and Political Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining Politics \u003c\/i\u003ecritically examines two interpretations of government. The first comes from pop culture fictions about politics, the second from academic political science. Stephen Benedict Dyson argues that televised political fictions and political science theories are attempts at meaning-making, reflecting and shaping how a society thinks about its politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By taking fiction seriously, and by arguing that political science theory is homologous to fiction, the book offers a fresh perspective on both, using fictions such as \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorgen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScandal\u003c\/i\u003e to challenge the assumptions that construct the discipline of political science itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is also about a political moment in the West. Two great political shocks--Brexit and the election of Donald Trump--are set in a new context here. Dyson traces how Brexit and Trump campaigned against our image of politics as usual, and won.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Benedict Dyson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472074245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472074242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020","brand":"Stephen Benedict Dyson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086701539583,"sku":"9780472074242","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d1d674f-796c-4538-8bb6-80fc92942c00.jpg?v=1769096077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imagining-politics-stephen-benedict-dyson-9780472074242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}