...This chapter turns to John Gay's method of deploying cant languages, which marks a return to its older associations with violation and outsiders in order to represent a Britain in which self-serving cant-speakers were difficult to distinguish from corrupt members of “legitimate” society...

...This introductory chapter provides an overview of the radical change currently occurring in European politics. Recent years have witnessed the steady electoral decline of mainstream parties and the rise of political outsiders. These political entrepreneurs gained electoral traction through...