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2. What makes Britain's democracy deficient?

3. What spheres of British life does the author look at to substantiate his position?

4. How does the population of Great Britain react to the democratic deficit?

5. What political reforms are called for, in the author's opinion?

1. What, in your view, are the criteria of the effectiveness of democracy?

2. Do you share the author's opinion that the British democracy is deficient?

3. How feasible do you think the suggested reforms are?

a) to compare one of the solid democracies mentioned in the text with the British democracy. Focus on the healthcare system, education, and welfare system OR

b) to comment on the other aspects of Britain's democracy.

1. of only average quality; not very good

2. a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs

3. to have a specified place within a grading system

4. to implant (an idea or feeling) so that it becomes ingrained within a particular context

5. to transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration

6. minor and not important; not central

7. to express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently

8. clearly visible; attracting notice or attention

9. firm determination to do something

10. an emotion involving pleasure, excitement and sometimes anxiety in considering some expected or longed-for good event

11. the state of having a great deal of money; wealth

12. tending to remind one of something; suggesting something by resemblance

13. a feeling of disappointment about someone or something you previously respected or admired; disillusionment

14. evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way; not able to be refuted; not able to be resisted

15. fill; pervade; instill (a quality) in someone or something