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Good and Bad Power: The Ideals and Betrayals of Government (Hardcover)
by Geoff Mulgan (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Allen Lane (1 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0713998822
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713998825
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.4 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
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Peter Preston, The Observer
`You won't find a more absorbing dissection of the state we're in
... a dazzling performance.'

Peter Hennessy, The Tablet
'Wonderfully thoughtful and measured ... A classic which will
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Balanced and careful, 29 Aug 2006
By d_mac (Bham, UK) - See all my reviews
Bought the book after reading Mr Mulgan's writing in Prospect Magazine [which you should be reading also]. The review in Prospect made it sound a bit flash, with lots of historical references. Actually it's very down to earth and realistic, and I wasn't left feeling like I was on the outside of someone else's conversation. It's unlikely I'll ever read all the PPE texts he refers to but they are quoted inline and it flows fine. This is a serious and thoughful book without being pretentious or exclusive, and I enjoyed it. I have to say I really struggled to reconcile the depth, and balance of the discussion in the book with the CV I read on the inside flap, although I can imagine that in the heat of political battle in Number 10 he heard the words "Yes Geoff but what shall we actually do then?" more than once.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should be compulsory reading for all politicians & bureaucrats... from local to global, 22 Jul 2007
By Malcolm MacINTYRE-READ (Much Wenlock, Shropshire, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This amazing manual should be read and used by anyone wanting to see the true meaning of democracy reapplied to governance at whatever level, especially if direct action or even anarchy are not to emerge from increasing frustration amongst ordinary citizens over their apparent inability to influence matters of concern in their day-to-day lives... beyond being allowed to vote once every 4 or 5 years.

Over the last 20 years, I have become increasingly concerned by the continual reduction of local democracy in local government, largely due to more and more centralisation and the inability of local councillors to do very much about local needs. That concern was focused by the lack of candidates willing to stand in the local elections in May. For example, and one similar to a point made by Geoff Mulgan, in our district council area, there are 3 town councils and 31 parish councils, the level that the political classes refer to as being `closest to the citizen'. Only 2 town councils and 3 parish councils needed to hold elections on 3 May as none of the others had sufficient candidates to fill their council numbers and appeals for others to stand forward are still being made in the local p