Further Reading; Democracy and Participation

UK Democracy

Democracy – History Learning Site –  www.historylearningsite.co.uk

British democracy in terminal decline (Guardian) – www.theguardian.com

The UK elections and crisis of democracy – www.opendemocracy.net

In defence of liberal democracy – www.independent.co.uk

Referendums

Referendums – History Learning Site – www.historylearningsite.co.uk

EU Referendum (The Telegraph) – www.telegraph.co.uk

Scottish Independence Referendum

Scotland Devolution proposals – researchbriefings.parliament.uk

The McKay Commission Findings – researchbriefings.parliament.uk

Scottish Referendum Analysis – researchbriefings.parliament.uk

Scotland in the UK; An enduring settelement – www.gov.uk

HofC Debate on Scotland (initiated by Gordon Brown) October 2014 – www.publications.parliament.uk

HofC Debate on Scottish Referendum October 2014  – www.publications.parliament.uk

The parties’ published proposals on further devolution for Scotland – www.gov.uk

Elected Mayors Referendums

HofC Research Briefing on Elected Mayors – researchbriefings.parliament.uk

Nine cities reject elected mayors (BBC) – www.bbc.co.uk

Why don’t we want directly-elected mayors? (Total Politics) – www.totalpolitics.com

Participation Crisis

Highest Turnout since Tony Blair – www.telegraph.co.uk

Why do people join losing parties? (BBC) – www.bbc.co.uk

Another note on party memberships in the UK – www.opendemocracy.net

Britain is facing a crisis of democracy but the main parties can not respond – www.democraticaudit.com

2012 Democratic Audit Data – www.theguardian.com

Apathy Central: The place with the lowest voter turnout – www.theguardian.com

Election 2015: Who are the non-voters? – www.bbc.co.uk

Improving Participation

Votes at 16 campaign – www.votesat16.org

E-petitions website – petition.parliament.uk

Hansard Digital Democracy Portal – www.hansardsociety.org.uk