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The Political Class - Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are (Hardcover)
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The Political Class - Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are (Hardcover)
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Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the
issue of Britain's political class. The question of who our
politicians are is front and centre. Do they represent us? Are all
politicians just in it for themselves? Are they disconnected from
the lives of normal people? In The Political Class, Peter Allen
argues that our current political class are in many important ways
unlike the British people as a whole, and this matters a lot. Our
politicians are currently largely drawn from limited sections of
society, reflecting patterns of wider social and economic
inequality which mean that, for many people, running for political
office is almost impossible. This leaves us with a political class
that can justifiably be described as uniform in who they are, what
they think, and how they behave. Putting the state of British
democracy under the microscope, Allen argues that having a more
diverse political class would not only better reflect democratic
principles of equality, but would also result in more legitimate
political outcomes. We need to radically reshape political
institutions so that more citizens have a real chance of becoming
involved in making the decisions that affect all of our lives. Only
by doing this can the gap between the political class and the
public be reduced, and British democracy live up to its name.
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