Description |
1 online resource (vi, 157 pages) |
Contents |
Chapter 1 The image and the system -- chapter 2 The place and the problem -- chapter 3 Democracy and the constitution: New wine, old bottles -- chapter 4 Dominocracy -- chapter 5 Doubts and discontents -- chapter 6 Representative government revisited -- chapter 7 Responsible government revisited -- chapter 8 Political culture: Democracy unvisited -- chapter 9 Democracy and ideology: The left -- chapter 10 Democracy and ideology: The right -- chapter 11 The missing traditions -- chapter 12 Centralism and localism -- chapter 13 Consumers, producers and citizens -- chapter 14 Reconstructions I: Representation -- chapter 15 Reconstructions II: Accountability -- chapter 16 Reconstructions III: Participation -- chapter 17 Reconstructions IV: Openness -- chapter 18 The end of politics? -- chapter 19 Becoming citizens -- chapter 20 Postscript on prospects |
Summary |
Labour MP and academic Tony Wright's provocative critique of myths of British democracy. He exposes the reality of the constitution, setting out the radical shifts in thinking that are needed for reform |
Analysis |
Politics |
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Great Britain |
Notes |
Cover title: Citizens & subjects |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-151) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
HISTORY.
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Politics and government
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Besluitvorming.
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Democratie.
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056924
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Subject |
Great Britain
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanniƫ en Noord-Ierland.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0203322525 |
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9780203322529 |
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0203408586 |
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9780203408582 |
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9780415049641 |
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0415049644 |
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0203716825 |
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9780203716823 |
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