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The good state : (Record no. 105791)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field IeDuRDS
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20201013155900.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781786077189
Terms of availability hardback
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency IeDuRDS
Transcribing agency IeDuRDS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 331.8801
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 57238
Personal name Grayling, A. C.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The good state :
Remainder of title on the principles of democracy /
Statement of responsibility, etc. A. C. Grayling.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oneworld Publications,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2020.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvi, 239 p. ;
Dimensions 23 cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed and vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? By the simplest of measures, neither Britain nor the United States can claim to be truly democratic. The most basic tenet of democracy is that government is 'by the people for the people', but the effect of politics and political partisanship has been to make both countries, in the words of the Conservative peer Lord Hailsham, 'elective dictatorships' rather than democracies. In The Good State A. C. Grayling investigates the underlying principles of democracy and makes the case for a coherent constitutional order with a clear separation of powers in order to correct the imbalance between parliament (representing the broad range of views in the country as a whole) and government (representing the interests of only one section - and not always even a majority - of the whole). He then sets out the reforms necessary to ensure that such a constitutional order could not be subverted or ignored. In addition to addressing the imbalance of power, these include introducing proportional representation and lowering the voting age to sixteen - the age of sexual consent, and the age at which you can marry and join the army. Only by fully understanding what democracy entails can we create a state in which the tension between the right to a voice and the right to good government can be reconciled.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 122551
Topical term or geographic name entry element Democracy
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 100512
Topical term or geographic name entry element Democracy
Geographic subdivision Great Britain.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Loanable Book
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     General Collection Library Library 13/10/2020 2 3 331.8801 GRA 000437787 09/01/2024 11/12/2023 13/10/2020 Loanable Book

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