David Marquand je britský akademik a bývalý poslanec, jehož dílo se zaměřuje na otázky britské politiky a sociální demokracie. Jeho psaní vychází z hlubokého zájmu o společenské a politické směřování Británie. Marquand zkoumá složité vztahy mezi jednotlivci, společností a státem, přičemž jeho práce často reflektuje snahu o spravedlivější a rovnější společnost. Jeho analýzy jsou ceněny pro svou pronikavost a schopnost osvětlit klíčové výzvy moderní demokracie.
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.