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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      May 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511844805
      9780521876650
      9780521700177
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844805
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.69kg, 268 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 268 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law: General Interest, Political Theory, Law, Politics and International Relations, Jurisprudence
      Series:
      Law in Context
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    Subjects:
    Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law: General Interest, Political Theory, Law, Politics and International Relations, Jurisprudence
    Series:
    Law in Context
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    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.

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    'Democracy Distorted is a detailed, scholarly, and compelling analysis of the argument that economic inequality is incompatible with full democracy … The discussion throughout the book is detailed, clear, and highly informative.'

    Ron Johnston Source: Environment and Planning A

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