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Democracy distorted : wealth, influence and democratic politics / Jacob Rowbottom.
LIBRA JN1039 .R69 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowbottom, Jacob.
- Series:
- Law in context
- The law in context series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Campaign funds--Great Britain.
- Campaign funds.
- Mass media--Ownership.
- Mass media.
- Great Britain.
- Political parties--Great Britain.
- Political parties.
- Mass media--Ownership--Great Britain.
- Political participation--Great Britain.
- Political participation.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--2007-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- x, 257 pages ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- "High-profile controversies surrounding the funding of political parties have shown how inequalities in wealth can enter the political process. The growth of the professional lobbying of MPs and the executive raises similar questions about money in politics. More broadly, inequalities emerge in terms of the opportunities the public have to participate in political debate. This analysis of the ways wealth can be used to influence politics in Britain explores the threat posed to the principle of political equality. As well as examining lobbying and party funding, the discussion also focuses on the ownership and control of the media, the chance to be heard on the internet and the impact of the privatisation of public spaces on rights to assemble and protest. Looking at this range of political activities, the author proposes various strategies designed to protect the integrity of British democracy and stop inequalities in wealth becoming inequalities in politics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Political equality, wealth and democracy
- Freedom to speak and freedom to spend
- Strategies and reforms
- Access, influence and lobbying
- Beyond equal votes : election campaigns and political parties
- Public spaces, property and participation
- The mass media : democratic dreams and private propagandists
- Participation in the digital era : a new distribution?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521876650
- 0521876656
- 9780521700177
- 0521700175
- OCLC:
- 537652489
- Online:
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