David Marquand est un universitaire britannique dont les écrits abordent largement les questions relatives à la politique britannique et à la social-démocratie. Son travail explore l'interaction complexe des forces sociales et des structures politiques au sein de la Grande-Bretagne. Les analyses de Marquand se caractérisent par une attention particulière à l'évolution et aux défis des idéaux social-démocrates. Il offre des perspectives éclairantes sur les mécanismes qui façonnent les paysages politiques et sociaux modernes.
Marquand explores the contrast between postwar success and current failures in Europe, addressing the resurgence of ethnic communities, xenophobic populism, and the democratic deficit in EU governance. He urges a reevaluation of Europe's identity and calls for leaders to tackle issues of ethnicity and integration to forge a cohesive, democratic future.
Since 2008's financial crisis, we have heard much about the failures of bankers, regulators and politicians. David Marquand sees a wider issue: the fall of the public realm. The crisis, he argues, is one of our moral economy as much as of our political economy. Already, we are well advanced towards a near-Hobbesian state of genteel barbarism - and greed is all-pervasive. Setting out a framework for a new public philosophy founded on civic conscience and cooperation, Marquand seeks to spring the trap into which our culture has stumbled. The message is plain: we cannot continue on our present path
A new political history of modern Britain - entertaining, instructive and thought-provoking.