Citizens and Subjects

Taylor & Francis

Labour MP Anthony Wright's provocative critique of myths of British democracy. He aims to expose the reality of the constitution, and argues that practical reforms will not be possible unless they are linked to a new tradition of radical constitutional thought. > 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 democracye