Tony Wright

Citizens and Subjects (eBook, ePUB)

An Essay on British Politics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Citizens and Subjects" is an essay on the nature and condition of democracy in Britain at the end of the twentieth century. Tony Wright examines the commonly held view that Britain is a model democracy and exposes it as a dangerous myth that inhibits both radical thought and constitutional change. He reveals the wide gulf between the tradition of political and constitutional thought in Britain and the contemporary political reality. In the last few years, constitutional issues have reappeared on the political agenda in Britain. "Citizens" "and Subjects" discusses the reforms necessary to convert Britain's centralized and closed system into a pluralistic and participatory democracy. Wright argues that practical reforms will only be possible when linked to a new tradition of radical constitutional thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134944057
• Artikelnr.: 49984506

Autorenporträt

Wright, Tony

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 The image and the system
2 The place and the problem
3 Democracy and the constitution: New wine
old bottles
4 Dominocracy
5 Doubts and discontents
6 Representative government revisited
7 Responsible government revisited
8 Political culture: Democracy unvisited
9 Democracy and ideology: The left
10 Democracy and ideology: The right
11 The missing traditions
12 Centralism and localism
13 Consumers
producers and citizens
14 Reconstructions I: Representation
15 Reconstructions II: Accountability
16 Reconstructions III: Participation
17 Reconstructions IV: Openness
18 The end of politics?
19 Becoming citizens
20 Postscript on prospects
Notes and references
Index