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The democratic deficit and democratic renewal

Many commentators claim that Britain is suffering from a democratic deficit. They point to low levels of political participation, and undemocratic or overly centralised institutions. In this article Rowena Hammal considers the evidence for a democratic deficit and examines the methods of ‘democratic renewal’ which have been employed to improve British democracy

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