{"product_id":"9781783351206","title":"Dismembered : How the Conservative Attack on the State Harms Us All","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Walker, Polly, Toynbee, Polly\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnited Kingdom, Great Britain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 18 May 2017 by Guardian Faber Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e195 x 127 x 25 | 324g\u003cp\u003eWhat is the state? And what's it ever done for you?More than you think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe state houses us, educates us, employs us, protects us on the street and in the wider world. It is the country we created together, and a part of our national identity. However, in recent years there has been a systematic and covert attack on the state that has turned us all against it - the government have depleted funding and resources, and mounted an ideological assault on the public sector through the media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToynbee and Walker travelled around Great Britain gathering the voices of the people who make up the state: nurses and patients, teachers and parents, policemen and civilians. This book is your chance to hear their side of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story they tell is one of dismemberment across our nation state: a fragmented NHS, a reduced police force, divided schools and a vulnerable military. In Dismembered, it becomes clear that this attack on the state is an attack on each and every one of us, for our peace and productivity as a country depend upon a strong state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISMEMBERED lays bare the deliberate dismantling of the public sector and its consequences. Our post-Brexit well-being and prosperity are now at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walker, Polly, Toynbee, Polly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50665764880568,"sku":"9781783351206","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781783351206.jpg?v=1734712559","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781783351206","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}