Democracy and the cost of politics in Britain.

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Read the full-text online edition of Democracy and the Cost of Politics in Britain (). Although concerned with the economics of politics, this book is not an economic interpretation in the sense of explaining all political phenomena as a superstructure resting upon economic relations.

The main body of this book attempts to show the Additional Physical Format: Online version: Gwyn, William B. Democracy and the cost of politics in Britain. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,© The cost of a parliamentary career before --The cost of elections: --Corrupt election expenditure --The cost of politics and the Liberal and Conservative parties --The finances of the Irish nationalist movement --The financing of working-class representatives --The Osborne judgment --Payment of members --Epilogue:   Democracy and the Cost of Politics in Britain by William B.

Gwyn (review) H. McCready; The Canadian Historical Review; University of Toronto Press; Vol Number 4, December ; pp. ; Review ; View Citation; Additional Information The Cost of Democracy is an exemplary lesson in how to address the vexed issue of party funding in particular context The general discussion of regulatory objectives and methods in chapters two and three can hardly be bettered.

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Until the 20th century, the experimental record of democracy was notoriously poor. The democracies of the ancient world collapsed into anarchy and dictatorship; in the s, a revolutionary democracy in France expired in a pool of civic blood; and the Democracies at the Turning Point: Britain, France and the End of the Postwar Order, (Studies in Modern European History) by Maarten L.

Pereboom, Maarten L. Pereboom and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at :// Cole’s () fifth chapter in his critically acclaimed academic book, ‘Democracy in Britain’ is aimed at the critique of the British democratic system. Cole is aiming for a reading audience of those interested in politics and possibly international relations and uses up-to.