The good state : on the principles of democracy / A.C. Grayling.

By: Grayling, A. C [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Oneworld, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xvi, 239 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781786077189 (hardback)Subject(s): Great Britain. Parliament | Great Britain. Parliament -- Reform | Democracy | Legislative bodies -- Reform | Politics and government | Democracy -- Great Britain | Great Britain | Great Britain -- Politics and governmentAdditional physical formats: ebook version: No titleDDC classification: 320.441 LOC classification: JN900 | .G73 2020
Contents:
What democracy entails -- The purpose of government -- Powers and institutions -- Politics and people -- Governance and constitutionality -- Rights in a democracy -- The subversion of democracy.
Summary: A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power between government and Parliament, imposing fixed terms for MPs, introducing proportional representation and lowering the voting age to 16 (the age at which you can marry, gamble, join the army and must pay taxes if you work) - to ensure the intentions of such a constitution could not be subverted or ignored. As democracies around the world show signs of decay, the issue of what makes a good state, one that is democratic in the fullest sense of the word, could not be more important.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What democracy entails -- The purpose of government -- Powers and institutions -- Politics and people -- Governance and constitutionality -- Rights in a democracy -- The subversion of democracy.

A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power between government and Parliament, imposing fixed terms for MPs, introducing proportional representation and lowering the voting age to 16 (the age at which you can marry, gamble, join the army and must pay taxes if you work) - to ensure the intentions of such a constitution could not be subverted or ignored. As democracies around the world show signs of decay, the issue of what makes a good state, one that is democratic in the fullest sense of the word, could not be more important.

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