Democracy distorted : wealth, influence and democratic politics / Jacob Rowbottom
- Author
- Rowbottom, Jacob
- Published
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date
- ©2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages).
Access Online
- Series
- 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?
- 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"--
- Subject(s)
- Since 2007
- Campaign funds—Great Britain
- Political parties—Great Britain
- Mass media—Ownership—Great Britain
- Political participation—Great Britain
- Médias—Propriété—Grande-Bretagne
- Participation politique—Grande-Bretagne
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Political Process—Political Parties
- Politics and Government
- Campaign funds
- Mass media—Ownership
- Political participation
- Political parties
- Politics and government
- Demokratie
- Partei
- Massenmedien
- Politik
- Great Britain—Politics and government—2007-
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- ISBN
- 9780511776250 (electronic bk.)
051177625X (electronic bk.)
9780511773679 (ebook)
0511773676 (ebook)
9780511844805 (electronic bk.)
0511844808 (electronic bk.)
9780511774737 (TX)
0511774737
9780521876650 (hardback)
0521876656 (hardback)
9780521700177 (pbk.)
0521700175 (pbk.)
9783326821009
332682100X - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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