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How Sick Is British Democracy?

Author : Richard Rose
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030731235
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book How Sick Is British Democracy? written by Richard Rose and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forecasts of the death of democracy are often heard and the United Kingdom is on the death watch list. This book challenges such a gloomy view by carefully examining the health of the British body politic from Tony Blair’s time in Downing Street to the challenges of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. It finds some parts are in good health, for example, elections are free and losers as well as winners accept the results, unlike the United States. Other parts show intermittent symptoms of ill health, such as Cabinet ministers avoiding accountability. There is also a chronic problem of managing the unity of the United Kingdom. None of the symptoms is fatal. The book identifies effective remedies for some symptoms, placebos that offer assurance without cure, and perennially popular prescriptions that are politically impossible. Being a healthy democracy does not promise effectiveness in dealing with economic problems, but a big majority of Britons do not want to trade the freedom that comes with democracy for the promises of undemocratic leaders.

The UK's Changing Democracy

Author : Patrick Dunleavy
Publisher : LSE Press
ISBN 13 : 1909890464
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The UK's Changing Democracy written by Patrick Dunleavy and published by LSE Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UK’s Changing Democracy presents a uniquely democratic perspective on all aspects of UK politics, at the centre in Westminster and Whitehall, and in all the devolved nations. The 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU marked a turning point in the UK’s political system. In the previous two decades, the country had undergone a series of democratic reforms, during which it seemed to evolve into a more typical European liberal democracy. The establishment of a Supreme Court, adoption of the Human Rights Act, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolution, proportional electoral systems, executive mayors and the growth in multi-party competition all marked profound changes to the British political tradition. Brexit may now bring some of these developments to a juddering halt. The UK’s previous ‘exceptionalism’ from European patterns looks certain to continue indefinitely. ‘Taking back control’ of regulations, trade, immigration and much more is the biggest change in UK governance for half a century. It has already produced enduring crises for the party system, Parliament and the core executive, with uniquely contested governance over critical issues, and a rapidly changing political landscape. Other recent trends are no less fast-moving, such as the revival of two-party dominance in England, the re-creation of some mass membership parties and the disruptive challenges of social media. In this context, an in-depth assessment of the quality of the UK’s democracy is essential. Each of the 2018 Democratic Audit’s 37 short chapters starts with clear criteria for what democracy requires in that part of the nation’s political life and outlines key recent developments before a SWOT analysis (of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) crystallises the current situation. A small number of core issues are then explored in more depth. Set against the global rise of debased semi-democracies, the book’s approach returns our focus firmly to the big issues around the quality and sustainability of the UK’s liberal democracy.

The American Civil War in the Shaping of British Democracy

Author : Professor Brent E Kinser
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409478564
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The American Civil War in the Shaping of British Democracy written by Professor Brent E Kinser and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, a central question for British intellectuals was whether or not the American conflict was proof of the viability of democracy as a foundation for modern governance. The lessons of the American Civil War for Britain would remain a focal point in the debate on democracy throughout the war up to the suffrage reform of 1867, and after. Brent E. Kinser considers four figures connected by Woodrow Wilson's concept of the "Literary Politician," a person who, while possessing a profound knowledge of politics combined with an equally acute literary ability to express that knowledge, escapes the practical drudgeries of policy making. Kinser argues that the animosity of Thomas Carlyle towards democracy, the rhetorical strategy of Anthony Trollope's North America, the centrality of the American war in Walter Bagehot's vision of British governance, and the political philosophy of John Stuart Mill illustrate the American conflict's vital presence in the debates leading up to the 1867 reform, a legislative event that helped to secure democracy's place in the British political system.

Political Participation and Democracy in Britain

Author : Geraint Parry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521336024
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Political Participation and Democracy in Britain written by Geraint Parry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-16 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results of a survey on the level and patterns of political involvement in Britain.

Taxation and Democracy

Author : Sven Steinmo
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300067217
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Taxation and Democracy written by Sven Steinmo and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the structure, politics and historic development of taxation in several countries, this book compares three quite different political democracies. It provides an account of the ways these democracies have financed their welfare programs despite w

The American Experiment and the Idea of Democracy in British Culture, 1776–1914

Author : Dr Ella Dzelzainis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409473120
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The American Experiment and the Idea of Democracy in British Culture, 1776–1914 written by Dr Ella Dzelzainis and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nineteenth-century Britain, the effects of democracy in America were seen to spread from Congress all the way down to the personal habits of its citizens. Bringing together political theorists, historians, and literary scholars, this volume explores the idea of American democracy in nineteenth-century Britain. The essays span the period from Independence to the First World War and trace an intellectual history of Anglo-American relations during that period. Leading scholars trace the hopes and fears inspired by the American model of democracy in the works of commentators, including Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, Alexis de Tocqueville, Charles Dickens, John Stuart Mill, Richard Cobden, Charles Dilke, Matthew Arnold, Henry James and W. T. Stead. By examining the context of debates about American democracy and notions of ‘culture’, citizenship, and race, the collection sheds fresh light on well-documented moments of British political history, such as the Reform Acts, the Abolition of Slavery Act, and the Anti-Corn Law agitation. The volume also explores the ways in which British Liberalism was shaped by the American example and draws attention to the importance of print culture in furthering radical political dialogue between the two nations. As the comprehensive introduction makes clear, this collection makes an important contribution to transatlantic studies and our growing sense of a nineteenth-century modernity shaped by an Atlantic exchange. It is an essential reference point for all interested in the history of the idea of democracy, its political evolution, and its perceived cultural consequences.

Britain Since 1918

Author : David Marquand
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297856367
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Britain Since 1918 written by David Marquand and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new political history of modern Britain - entertaining, instructive and thought-provoking. The history of democratic politics in Britain since the coming of universal male suffrage in 1918 is a dramatic one, crowded with events and colourful figures. As well as the great events of war and economic crises, and the quieter drama of constitutional change, this era has been studded with democratic protests of every sort. The story opens more than 350 years ago. The Levellers of the 17th century, 18th-century radicals, the Chartists and the Reform Acts are all part of the unsteady and fiercely contested progress towards a democratic constitution. Dreams, visions and ideals are important too - of George Orwell, and Enoch Powell, Milton, Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke, Churchill and Lord Salisbury, Aneurin Bevan and Tony Benn - for they have also shaped our outlook.

Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848-1867

Author : Robert Saunders
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317153162
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848-1867 written by Robert Saunders and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Reform Act, passed in 1867, created a million new voters, doubling the electorate and propelling the British state into the age of mass politics. It marked the end of a twenty year struggle for the working class vote, in which seven different governments had promised change. Yet the standard works on 1867 are more than forty years old and no study has ever been published of reform in prior decades. This study provides the first analysis of the subject from 1848 to 1867, ranging from the demise of Chartism to the passage of the Second Reform Act. Recapturing the vibrancy of the issue and its place at the heart of Victorian political culture, it focuses not only on the reform debate itself, but on a whole series of related controversies, including the growth of trade unionism, the impact of the 1848 revolutions and the discussion of French and American democracy.

Democracy in Britain

Author : Matt Cole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0748623124
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Democracy in Britain written by Matt Cole and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together an introduction to the political theory of democracy since Ancient times. The author examines the work of Plato and Aristotle, Rousseau and Mill, Marx and Weber, and locates them and others in the debate about what democracy means. He then scrutinises Britain's claim to be a developing democracy.

Democracy

Author : Peter Kellner
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1907195858
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Democracy written by Peter Kellner and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy is Britain's gift to the world. Most of the ideas and ideals that have shaped the world's democracies can be traced back to arguments and reforms that first erupted here. Democracy tells the thousand-year story of the bitter battles over those arguments and reforms, in the words of those who shaped our democracy, fought for it and resisted it. It includes the major documents of the past millennium, such as the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights, and the speeches of the big beasts of the democratic jungle, such as Thomas More, Cromwell, Wilberforce, Gladstone and Churchill, as well as the contributions made to the democracy struggle by rebels, poets, satirists and novelists, from Shakespeare and Burns to Dickens and Orwell. Also featured are many important documents that have been rescued from obscurity, such as a speech that a prominent twentieth century MP was barred from delivering: he wanted to argue why he should not be expelled from the House of Commons. Democracy covers not just the constitution and the law, but debates over free speech, slavery, empire, the death penalty and Europe, and includes key events in England's relations with Scotland, Wales and Ireland. This remarkable chronicle is guaranteed to inform, educate and inspire.

British Prime Ministers and Democracy

Author : Roland Quinault
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441112278
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book British Prime Ministers and Democracy written by Roland Quinault and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today representative democracy is the dominant political system in the world. Britain played a prominent part in the democratization of the world through both its constitutional reforms at home and its power and influence abroad. In that process, Prime Ministers played a prominent role through their power and influence in government, Parliament and the country more generally. Quinault examines the stance of ten leading Prime Ministers - from the mid-nineteenth century until the twenty-first century - on the theory and practice of democracy. The attitude of each Prime Minister is assessed by considering their general views on democracy and their use of that term and concept in their discourse and thereby their role in advancing or resisting democratic political change. Particular attention is paid to their role in electoral reform, together with their stance on the composition and powers of the House of Lords and the role of the monarchy in the governing process. Their attitudes to the democratic aspects of some major international issues are also considered.

The Challenge of Democracy

Author : Hugh Cunningham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317883276
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Democracy written by Hugh Cunningham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and thought-provoking history takes a fresh view of what was a period of unprecedented and rapid change. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Hugh Cunningham provides a clear narrative of political events, and an analysis of change and continuity in ideas and in economic and social structure. Britain is set firmly in the context of world power and the possession of empire. An overarching theme is the challenge presented by democracy in a period framed by the First and Fourth Reform Acts. ‘Democracy’ had no stable meaning, and its opponents were just as vocal as its advocates. The book explores its implications for the role of the state, for the governance of empire, and for the relationship between the different nations within the United Kingdom.

Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain

Author : Stuart Weir
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 041509643X
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain written by Stuart Weir and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic Institutions and Practices is the second study carried out under the Democratic Audit of the UK. This volume explores the formal institutions and processes of the liberal democratic state: including the executive, elections, parliament and the civil service.

Clientelism, Capitalism, and Democracy

Author : Didi Kuo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108426085
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Clientelism, Capitalism, and Democracy written by Didi Kuo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States and Britain, capitalists organized in opposition to clientelism and demanded programmatic parties and institutional reforms.

Mastering British Politics

Author : F.N. Forman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137021594
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Mastering British Politics written by F.N. Forman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08-09 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing all the information and analysis needed to understand the British system of Government and politics, Mastering British Politics is an essential text. This fifth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the results of and developments since the 2005 General Election.

The Death of British Democracy

Author : Stephen Haseler
Publisher : London : P. Elek
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Death of British Democracy written by Stephen Haseler and published by London : P. Elek. This book was released on 1976 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Philosophy, Politics and Religion of British Democracy

Author : Robert Crowcroft
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy, Politics and Religion of British Democracy written by Robert Crowcroft and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maurice Cowling is a well-known and controviersial British historian and thinker in the field of Conservatism, British democracy and life in modern Britain. This book brings together perspectives from politics, religion and philosophy to explore Cowling's work.