Hennessy Peter Hennessy, Blick Andrew Blick

Bonfire of The Decencies (eBook, ePUB)

Repairing and Restoring the British Constitution

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A reflection on the state of democracy and observance of the British constitution in the United Kingdom.In The Bonfire of the Decencies, Peter Hennessy and Andrew Blick use Boris Johnson s tenure as prime minister to argue that mechanisms for the upholding of constitutional principles in the United Kingdom are deficient and require an overhaul. They show that, from the outset, Johnson s time in office was a source of serious disruption that saw standards and integrity compromised, as well as constitutional values violated. Those problems, however, did not end with Johnson s removal from office. Rather, they are part of longer-term tendencies in the UK, and of a worrying international trend towards the weakening of democracy. Hennessy and Blick analyze the pre-existing vulnerabilities that Johnson exposed in the UK system of government and conclude with a series of proposals to repair the damage and prevent a repetition of this anxious episode in the UK s political history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haus Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781913368722
• Artikelnr.: 72447707

Autorenporträt

Peter Hennessy is one of the United Kingdom's leading contemporary historians and is the Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of definitive books on the United Kingdom's prime ministers, constitution, civil service, and intelligence agencies. His award-winning works of contemporary history include Never Again: Britain, 1945-51, Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties, and Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties. He is the series editor of the Haus Curiosities, and his books published with Haus include The Bonfire of the Decencies, The Complete Reflections, and Land of Shame and Glory.