Ruling Britannia: Failure and Future of British Democracy

Andrew Marr

ISBN 10: 0718139135 / ISBN 13: 9780718139131

Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, London England, 1995

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First Edition First Printing Ruling Britannia: Failure and Future of British Democracy Starting from the premiss that British democracy, as it has been traditionally understood, is under threat, this book examines what has happened. It claims that the system has seen power flow away from its traditional centres of Whitehall, parliament and local government, and that the decline of mass democracy means the decline of an acknowledged common cause among all social groups to build a stabler, juster and richer country. The book concludes with a call for politicians to put the cause of democracy once more at the centre of their thinking. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic, Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ruling Britannia: Failure and Future of British Democracy
• Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd, London England
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718139135
• ISBN 13: 9780718139131
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics.Theology Religion philosophy

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Starting from the premiss that British democracy, as it has been traditionally understood, is under threat, this book examines what has happened. It claims that the system has seen power flow away from its traditional centres of Whitehall, parliament and local government, and that the decline of mass democracy means the decline of an acknowledged common cause among all social groups to build a stabler, juster and richer country. The book concludes with a call for politicians to put the cause of democracy once more at the centre of their thinking.