Michael Saward (1932–2015)
Auteur van A Faint Streak of Humility
Over de Auteur
Michael Saward is Professor of Politics at the Open University.
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Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1932-05-14
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2015-01-31
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Blackheath, London, England, UK
- Opleiding
- University of Bristol (BA)
Trinity College, Bristol (then Tyndale Hall, Bristol) - Beroepen
- clergyman
hymnist - Relaties
- Saward, Jill (daughter)
Saward, Joe (son) - Organisaties
- St Paul's Cathedral (Canon Treasurer)
- Korte biografie
- He sprang to national prominence in 1986 when he was attacked by burglars in his vicarage in Ealing: his daughter Jill was viciously raped.
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 18
- Leden
- 90
- Populariteit
- #205,795
- Waardering
- 2.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 33
The most idiosyncratic part is the author's defence of direct democracy. He first seems to sneak the subject in through the back door, but in later chapters he discusses it explicitly. I think he should have expanded much further on this subject to really make a valid case for direct democracy in modern society. His ideas would require more elaboration before they could be understood and challenged. The same can be said about the argument pertaining to the most suitable political units for democracy, a subject closely related to the justification of direct democracy. It isn't given a sufficiently detailed treatment in this book to be of much value.
This book didn't quite earn itself a place among my favorite books in democratic theory. I enjoyed some parts of it, but the author often cut his analysis short just when it was about to get interesting.… (meer)