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02447aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 8F25F106961911E8A89F3E0097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180802010035 008 170727t20182018enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017941117 020 $a 0198795971 020 $a 9780198795971 035 $a (OCoLC)995014220 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d ERASA $d BDX $d EUM $d OCLCO $d CDX $d ERL $d GUA $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a JN238 A39 2018 050 4 $a JA 100 1 $a Allen, Peter, $e author. 245 14 $a The political class : $b why it matters who our politicians are / $c Peter Allen. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford, United Kingdom : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a viii, 158 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Politicians $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Politics and government $y 2007- 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180905045909.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8F25F106961911E8A89F3E0097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search