Citizens and Subjects is an essay on the nature and condition of
democracy in Britain at the end of the twentieth century. It looks
at the commonly held view that Britain is a model democracy,
exposing it as a dangerous myth that inhibits both radical thought
and actual constitutional change. The book looks at the tradition
of political and constitutional thought in Britain and at
contemporary political reality, revealing a wide gulf between the
two. Dr Wright, a respected teacher and academic recently elected a
Labour MP, considers Britain's particularly acute form of a general
problem of modern government. While the nation thinks of itself as
a liberal democracy, its liberalism was in fact in place well
before democracy came onto the agenda. From the outset, democracy
was seen as a problem by both conservatives and liberals.
Constitutional issues have re-emerged on the political agenda in
recent years. Dr Wright discusses the means by which we might move
towards a pluralistic, open and participatory democracy; he also
argues, however, that practical reforms will not be possible unless
they are linked to a new tradition of radical constitutional
thought.
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