The process of leaving political office in Britain and its implications for democracy

Roberts, Dame Jane (2018) The process of leaving political office in Britain and its implications for democracy. British Politics and Policy at LSE (19 Sep 2018). Website.

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Abstract

Drawing on interviews conducted with British politicians, Dame Jane Roberts explains the different impacts of leaving political office. She writes that the process is often made unnecessarily harsh, something that may be preventing some politicians from standing down altogether, with implications for representative democracy.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/leaving-p...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2019 12:07
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2024 18:22
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/91830

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