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
Wright, Tony
`In this gloomy period for those who wish to see the British state
modernised, this essay from Tony Wright comes as a refreshing
read.' - Financial Times
`Wright ... argues persausively for the urgent need to give a
"contemporary meaning to the democratic idea" - a meaning that can
be articulated in a public philosophy and put to work in political
practice'. - Stuart Weir, New Statesman and Society
`... a book that will surely be numbered among the few classic
essays on the British constitution.' - Bernard Crick, Political
Quarterly
`... a sparkling essay on the problems of the current poitical
order... moving upwards and outwards from where Hailsham left off
in his Dimbeleby lecture.' - Parliamentary Affairs
`... a highly seminal work on the the most important political
problem facing Britain at the end of the twentieth century...
should be compulsory reading for all politicians and everyone
concerned with their country's future wellbeing. We can expect to
hear reverberations from it for many years.' - Representation
`Both students and teachers will find it a thought provoking essay
and parts of it have already produced some interesting debates
among my own students.' - Talking Politics
`... examines some of the traditionally held views about the nature
of British politics and offers some cogent and alarming
conclusions.' - Sunday Times
`... this book has caught the breeze that heralds the storms to
come.' - Tribune
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