Decline of the Public

Decline of the Public

The Hollowing Out of Citizenship

by David Marquand

2004
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David Marquand traces the growth of the public domain from Gladstone to Attlee, analyses the forces that undermined it in its post-war heyday and exposes the campaign that recent governments have waged against it.

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