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Representative Democracy? - Geography and the British Electoral System (Paperback)
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Representative Democracy? - Geography and the British Electoral System (Paperback)
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Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom are elected to
represent geographic constituencies; but how are these defined and
what are the consequences for democracy? Tracing the UK's system of
parliamentary representation from its origins in the thirteenth
century right through to the present, this comprehensive new survey
reveals how a system initially designed to restrain the power of
monarchs gradually evolved to serve their interests, then those of
political parties before the twentieth century 'settlement' of an
independent process for revising the constituency map. That
settlement is now under pressure, with the traditional pattern of
constituencies representing communities about to be replaced by one
which elevates numbers above community. Advanced under the slogan
of 'making votes equal', this new regime promises fairness yet, as
the authors show, is destined to fail to address the
disproportional and biased election results that have long been a
feature of UK politics. Concluding with a detailed consideration of
the ways in which various parts of the UK have embraced
alternatives to first-past-the-post over the last two decades, this
book serves as a timely reminder that the needs of political
parties do not always coincide with those of us, the electors. -- .
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