Posted on January 6, 2009 by Paul Evans
Here’s a good post from an Australian blogger on the question: Is adversarial politics damaging to our democracy? (It’s actually an update on a previous post with that title). Here the adversarialism is opposed by a more attractive ‘deliberative’ model of the kind advocated here. The flipside of this argument is put very well by [...]
Filed under: Being a politician, Consultations, Deliberative democracy, Democratic renewal, Neutrality, Pressure groups, Public administration | Tagged: Adversarial politics, Discretion in politics, Independence, Standards Board, Transparency | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 5, 2008 by Paul Evans
I’d like to look at how the requirement that is placed upon public broadcasters to be impartial impacts upon the quality of democracy in the UK. It’s a complex question, and I’d like to explore it over a few posts.
‘Impartial’ can mean many things. The most obvious expression of it is in the guidelines that [...]
Filed under: Neutrality, The media | Tagged: BBC, Impartiality, Journalism | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 4, 2008 by Paul Evans
This time last year, Sir Christopher Foster - a long-standing government adviser on economic policy was much in evidence. There was this interview in the Telegraph, and I heard him on BBC Radio 4. The link to the programme is no longer available, but I made notes at the time. The Telegraph piece makes some [...]
Filed under: Democratic renewal, Neutrality, Obstacles for democrats to overcome | Tagged: Civil service reform, Neutrality | No Comments »
Posted on November 20, 2008 by Paul Evans
As there are a couple of good posts in the mainstream political blogosphere touching upon the qualities that are needed to promote an effective representative democracy, today is a good day to start a blog on the subject. This post will focus on the most topical:
Both Puffbox and Spartakan are chewing over the fact that [...]
Filed under: Centralisation, Neutrality, Obstacles for democrats to overcome | Tagged: Bureaucracy, Centralisation, MPs, Neutrality, Parliament, Websites | 2 Comments »
