How Democratic is the UK? <i>The 2012 Audit</i>

Wilks‐Heeg, Stuart

doi:10.1111/j.2041-9066.2012.00104.x

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“…This reflects concerns about a highly concentrated UK media ownership (Wilks-Heeg et al, 2012) resulting in a limited 1438 BFJ 116,9 number of issues receiving coverage and a lack of diversity in UK reporting on issues such as food banks (Freedman, 2014).…”

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UK print media coverage of the food bank phenomenon: from food welfare to food charity?

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Caraher

2014

British Food Journal

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. Research limitations/implications -The authors only examined newspapers, the reporting in other media may be different. Practical implications -The media reporting of food poverty and the use of food banks has the potential to influence public perceptions and policy. Originality/value -This is the first study to look at how food banks are reported by the media.

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UK print media coverage of the food bank phenomenon: from food welfare to food charity?

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Caraher

2014

British Food Journal

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“…It is perhaps worth noting explicitly one kind of case which strikingly brings together the epistemic and popular sovereignty concerns. In the United Kingdom and the United States, some argue that business corporations and rich individuals currently can unduly influence policy by means of such things as campaign contributions and offers of postoffice employment to parliamentarians (Lessig, 2015;Wilks-Heeg et al, 2012). In the US context, Lawrence Lessig argues that the problem is very hard to solve from within normal legislative politics precisely because legislators' incentives have been shaped by the problem.…”

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Parliaments, constitutional conventions, and popular sovereignty

White

2017

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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There is growing interest in the UK in holding a constitutional convention (CC) to deliberate possible reforms to the political system. What form should a CC take? Having identified a range of possible models, we examine their merits according to stated normative criteria focusing specifically on: (a) how CC membership is determined; (b) whether a CC should have agenda-setting power; and (c) whether it should have power to send proposals to binding referendum. We find good reasons to support a 'citizen majority' membership (chosen in a near-random fashion from the general public); agenda-setting-power; and referendum power. However, none of these features is likely to be the most appropriate in all contexts. Further design issues concerning citizen-majority conventions, such as whether they ought to include politicians as a minority or exclude them, are also considered. While the immediate focus of discussion is the UK, the core argument has wider relevance.

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“…Indeed the last ‘democratic audit’ of the United Kingdom portrays a civic and political culture under much stress and tension (Wilks‐Heeg et al. ). In contrast, whilst Australia may be facing structural and political issues, the last democratic audit tends to portray a somewhat healthier polity (Sawer et al.…”

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The Big Society in Australia: A Case of ‘Non’‐Policy Transfer?

Manwaring

2015

Aust J Public Adm

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The Big Society was a flagship policy initiative launched by the UK Conservative party, under the leadership of David Cameron, to win office in 2010. Closely associated with the ideas of Phillip Blond, the Big Society agenda seeks to introduce new forms of civic activism and revive wider civil society. There has been speculation that the Big Society agenda might take hold in Australia, and Blond has been active in promoting it in Australia. Using Dolowitz and Marsh's policy transfer heuristic, this article examines the likelihood of the Big Society being adopted by the Abbott Liberal Coalition. The article outlines a number of potential variants of the Big Society, and concludes that for a variety of reasons it is unlikely to be adopted by the Liberal federal government in Australia. The case also highlights both strengths and limitations in the Dolowitz and Marsh framework, arguing that it can be used in an innovative way to speculate on potential transfers, but is limited in accounting for why transfer may or may not take place.

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How Democratic is the UK? The 2012 Audit

Abstract: The UK ranks among the world's oldest democracies and its political system has been the focus of extensive reform efforts since 1997. Stuart Wilks‐Heeg considers whether the country is becoming more or less democratic, and why.

Cited by 15 publications

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UK print media coverage of the food bank phenomenon: from food welfare to food charity?

UK print media coverage of the food bank phenomenon: from food welfare to food charity?

Parliaments, constitutional conventions, and popular sovereignty

The Big Society in Australia: A Case of ‘Non’‐Policy Transfer?

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