City Politicos: Counting Down to UK 2024 Election

Episode 08: Politics as performance, housing policy that works, and the ‘good society’


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In this episode Lise Butler and Chris Rojek speak to Professor Richard Sennett, Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.
They discuss his most recent book, The Performer: Art, Life, Politics, asking what kind of performance is at play in the current election; how the next government should resolve the housing crisis; and whether the major political parties have a clear idea of ‘the good society’.
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City Politicos: Counting Down to UK 2024 ElectionBy City Politicos