LEADER 03868nam 22006855 450 001 9910483469803321 005 20240307125520.0 010 $a9783030731236 010 $a3030731235 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-73123-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000011946538 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6628967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6628967 035 $a(OCoLC)1256236635 035 $a(PPN)259467588 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-73123-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011946538 100 $a20210521d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow Sick Is British Democracy? $eA Clinical Analysis /$fby Richard Rose 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (200 pages) 225 1 $aChallenges to Democracy in the 21st Century,$x2946-3424 311 08$a9783030731229 311 08$a3030731227 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Diagnosing the Health of the Body Politic -- 2. Elections the Heart of Government -- 3. Party as the Lifeblood of Government -- 4. A Single Brain in Downing Street -- 5. Whitehall's Collective Brainpower -- 6. The Limbs of A Disunited Kingdom -- 7. An Unbalance Constitution -- 8. Limits on Democratic Sovereignty -- 9. A Mixed Bill of Health for British Democracy. 330 $aForecasts of the death of democracy are often heard and the United Kingdom is on the death watch list. This book challenges such a gloomy view by carefully examining the health of the British body politic from Tony Blair's time in Downing Street to the challenges of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. It finds some parts are in good health, for example, elections are free and losers as well as winners accept the results, unlike the United States. Other parts show intermittent symptoms of ill health, such as Cabinet ministers avoiding accountability. There is also a chronic problem of managing the unity of the United Kingdom. None of the symptoms is fatal. The book identifies effective remedies for some symptoms, placebos that offer assurance without cure, and perennially popular prescriptions that are politically impossible. Being a healthy democracy does not promise effectiveness in dealing with economic problems, but a big majority of Britons do not want to trade the freedom thatcomes with democracy for the promises of undemocratic leaders. Richard Rose is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde, UK, and a Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute Florence, Italy, and the Science Centre Berlin, Germany. He has been writing award-winning studies of British politics and democracy in comparative perspective for more than half a century. 410 0$aChallenges to Democracy in the 21st Century,$x2946-3424 606 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 606 $aPolitical leadership 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aPublic administration 606 $aEuropean Politics 606 $aPolitical Leadership 606 $aGovernance and Government 606 $aPublic Administration 615 0$aEurope$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPolitical leadership. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aPublic administration. 615 14$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aPolitical Leadership. 615 24$aGovernance and Government. 615 24$aPublic Administration. 676 $a320.941 676 $a320.941 700 $aRose$b Richard$f1933-$0122028 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483469803321 996 $aHow Sick Is British Democracy$91935248 997 $aUNINA