Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
David Beetham is a social theorist making extensive contributions in the fields of democracy and human rights; including social and economic rights. He joined Democratic Audit at the University of Essex in 1992 where he became Associate Editor, working closely with Director Stuart Weir, to devise a methodology for assessing democracy which was pioneered by the Audit in the UK and developed for wider use across the world. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Leeds.
Today’s parallel with feudal 1215 is the absolute dominance of a “collective monarchy”, combining the power not...
Democratic Audit continue their brief, thorough updates on the state of British governance.
Last summer, Democratic Audit published an explosive paper on the growing influence of the corporate and financial...
The Spirit Level's message on income equality and its benefits is more relevant than ever in the Coalition era....
The path-breaking book, ‘The Spirit Level’ showed how gross inequalities damage the whole of society. Yet a year...