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Democracy distorted : (Record no. 11932)

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780521876650 (hardback)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0521876656 (hardback)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780521700177 (pbk.)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0521700175 (pbk.)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 3326821
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number KM39A1.R682010
Item number 08145152
MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Rowbottom, Jacob.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Democracy distorted :
Remainder of title wealth, influence and democratic politics /
Statement of responsibility, etc Jacob Rowbottom.
Copyright Date
Place of publication New York
Name of publisher Cambridge University Press
Year of publication or production 2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages x, 257 p. ;
SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement The law in context series
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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, ETC.
Summary, etc "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 ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Campaign funds
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Topical Term Political parties
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Topical Term Mass media
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Topical Term Political participation
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