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Synopsis
Laurie Taylor talks to Cambridge sociologist Professor John Thompson about his book 'Merchants of Culture' which approaches the US/UK publishing trade from an anthropological point of view. Laurie also talks to MP Jesse Norman and author Dan Hind about Dan's new book The Return of the Public arguing for more active citizenship.
Producer: Chris Wilson.
John Thompson
Professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
Merchants of Culture
Publisher: Polity Press
ISBN-10: 0745647863
ISBN-13: 978-0745647869
Dan Hind
Writer and journalist
The Return of the Public
Publisher: Verso
ISBN-10: 1844675947
ISBN-13: 978-1844675944
Jesse Norman
Writer and Conservative MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire
Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics
Publisher: The University of Buckingham Press
ISBN-10: 0956395201
ISBN-13: 978-0956395207
Compassionate Conservatism: What It Is, Why We Need It
Publisher: Policy Exchange
ISBN-10: 0955190932
ISBN-13: 978-0955190933
Broadcasts
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Wed 10 Nov 201016:00
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Mon 15 Nov 201000:15
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