Böcker av Peter Wilkin

The Yellow Vest protests that were ignited in France in 2018 have been a radical challenge to the extension of the market into all areas of social life. The book examines the radical democratic and egalitarian ideas generated by the movement and defends it from its many critics.

Recent debates surrounding human security have focused on the satisfaction of human needs as the vital goal for global development. Peter Wilkin highlights the limitations of this view and argues that unless we incorporate an account of human autonomy into human security then the concept is flawed. *BR**BR*He reveals how human security is a concern with social relations that connect people in local, national and global networks of power, structured through capitalism and hierarchical inter-state systems. *BR**BR*Autonomy, as an aspect of human security, depends upon the ability of citizens to gain information about the processes that shape their lives. In this respect autonomy and communication are inherently linked and are prerequisites for the establishment of meaningful democratic systems.

What have Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, Peter Cook, Spike Milligan and, more recently, Chris Morris got in common? They are all Tory anarchists - which sounds like a contradiction in terms - but Peter Wilkin explains why it is not. This book explores an awkward strain of good-old-fashioned Englishness that refuses to conform.