The UK was the first to move from self-regulation to a code of conduct and independent oversight of members. This was prompted by the ‘cash for questions’ affair, in which it was alleged two Conservative MPs had been bribed to ask parliamentary questions and perform other tasks on behalf ...
in contrast with a more Smithian reliance on commerce as the main driver of economic activity. For discussion of the “cameralist” political economy of the day, see Tribe,Governing Economy.
This chapter shifts this book's interest in reality television from the transformative tales of the makeover to weight-focused shows. These are reality fly-on-the-wall documentaries, featuring an off-camera narrator, that purport to explore the lived realities of obesity from different angles and...