Dans quelle mesure le gouvernement britannique est démocratique ?

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16/04/2009

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The tradition of government in the United Kingdom was built on Liberalism and Parliamentary rather than democracy
Can we consider these characteristics as democratic?
Is an evolution towards democracy necessary?

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In fact, we could set a few provisional requirements to the evaluation of a government as democratic in order to analyze the British particular case. These requirements would be of different natures, and would be related first to the institutional system, then to the society itself. Indeed, the legal frame should be the one of a representative system, in which the different powers would be separate and independent, and in which free elections open to the society with a diversity of candidates could be celebrated. On the society scale, there should be a civil society, autonomous and active, a civil control of the national and local security forces and independent media towards the political power and the economic and pressure groups.

These characteristics can be modified throughout this essay, as its purpose is to consider whether the British government is democratic in the light of a non static definition of democracy in today's political world. In order to do so, it will first be examined that the tradition of government in the United Kingdom was not built on democracy, but rather on Parliamentary and Liberalism. Then, after this mostly historical consideration, it will be necessary to debate whether these characteristics of the British particular case can be considered as democratic. Here, a reconsideration of the concept of democracy will be needed. Finally, in the light of the first two developments, it could be useful to question the necessity of an evolution towards a more democratic government in the United Kingdom. In fact, is the practice of politics democratic enough, or would it be preferable to want an official and formal democratic shift?