Democracy—Defend Yourself or Die: A Response to Bruce Ackerman.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Allen, Graham
- Source
- Political Quarterly. Oct2018, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p604-607. 4p.
- Subject
- *BREXIT Referendum, 2016
*CONSTITUTIONAL conventions
*DEMOCRACY
*POLITICAL parties
*POLITICAL leadership
- Language
- ISSN
- 0032-3179
In this article, the author response to the article by Bruce Ackerman published within the issue on the constitutional choices confronting post-Brexit Britain and elected Constitutional Convention. Topics discussed include self-evidently decrepit institutions of democracy and inmates taking over the asylum of the main political parties, ideology and philosophy of a modern democracy and political leadership sign with previous projects.