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Democracy distorted :

"High-profile controversies surrounding the funding of political parties have shown how inequalities in wealth can enter the political process. The growth of the professional lobbying of MPs and the executive raises similar questions about money in politics. More broadly, inequalities emerge in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowbottom, Jacob
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:The law in context series
Subjects:
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