Democracy in Britain includes a rich and varied selection of key writings, from the debates around Britain's representative and democratic institutions, from constitutional commentary and diaries to poetry and fiction; from Locke and Burke to Dryden and Auden; and from Magna Carta to Spycatcher.

• Provides the best resource available for the understanding and study of Britain's system of representative democracy
• The editors have made efforts throughout to make the material selected accessible to non-specialists
• Rather than following one side of the debate on British democracy, this presents the reader with both sides of the argument
• Sponsored by the British Council, the book will receive special advertising and promotion