- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (May 31 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0631188312
- ISBN-13: 978-0631188315
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 17 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 540 g
- See Complete Table of Contents
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"An intelligent collection that brings disparate figures and ideas into fruitful dialogue." New Statesman & Society
"This is not an average anthology. At its best, which is much of the time, it is a sustained and marshalled analysis, a wide-ranging dialectical thesis with witnesses for both the prosecution and defence, a historical examination of the continuing, unresolved - and intensely topical - debate about democracy and the nature of the British state." The Guardian
"This collection of essays has something to enrage, inform, and sometimes startle everyone in Britain interested in how we got to here. More fleshed out than a dictionary, it is nevertheless full of succinct definitions." The Observer
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Democracy in Britain includes a rich and varied selection of key writings, from the debates around Britain's representative and democratic institutions, from constitutional commentary and diaries to poetry and fiction; from Locke and Burke to Dryden and Auden; and from Magna Carta to Spycatcher.
- Provides the best resource available for the understanding and study of Britain's system of representative democracy
- The editors have made efforts throughout to make the material selected accessible to non-specialists
- Rather than following one side of the debate on British democracy, this presents the reader with both sides of the argument
- Sponsored by the British Council, the book will receive special advertising and promotion
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readable, enjoyable, excellent, Nov 5 2000
By "daniel_sp" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Democracy in Britain: A Reader (Paperback)
Jack and Adam Lively have managed to put together a throughly interesting and at the same time enjoyable reader on Democracy in Britian. The most notable feature is the range of texts included: there are texts by philiosophers (Hobbes, Locke...), Politicians (Disrael, Thatcher...) and from debates in parliament as well as Shakespeare, Auden and even Rushdi. Because the authors have NOT only included specialised texts by experts on the constitutions they manage to convey the picture of a living democracy whith all its problems, issues and controversies. I would argue that many of the questions that are dealt with are also important in other countries. In this sense, the book transgresses its original purpose.
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