Politics and Progress: Renewing Democracy and Civil Society

Partly in response to the very low voter turnout for the 2001 general election, the Home Secretary for the current British Labour government suggests how to renew and strengthen democratic politics. He argues that government must retain democratic legitimacy, that prosperity must be balanced with social fairness and quality of life, and that a civic culture and sense of common identity must be sustained while recognizing diversity. He has not indexed his treatise. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)