In Defence of Politics: Fifty Years On.

In this essay, the author advocates for the modern-day relevance of the 1962 book "In Defence of Politics," by political scientist Bernard Crick. The author argues that Crick's work identified a sort of disjunction between governments and their subjects that has only increased as of 2012. He notes changes to political rule that have developed since the book's publication, such as information technology use, and defends politics against journalism and mass media.