FEBRUARY DISCUSSION MEETING

         DRONFIELD LABOUR PARTY DISCUSSION MEETING


TOPIC  :        THE PROBLEM WITH DEMOCRACY

SPEAKER :    MATTHEW FLINDERS

TIME :            8pm to 9.15pm

DATE :          SUNDAY,  8 FERUARY 2015

VENUE :       CONTACT CLUB, SNAPE HILL LANE, DRONFIELD



Matthew Flinders is a Professor in the Department of Politics at Sheffield University and is the Founding Director of the Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics. The Crick Centre itself being named after the late Bernard Crick who was also a Professor in the same Department and as a major political theorist produced influential works such as "The Reform of Parliament" (1962)  and "In Defence of Politics" (1964).  Matthew Flinders is Chair of Political Studies Association. He regularly produces evidence at the request of Governmental and Parliamentary Committee's and his own publications include books entitled "Walking Without Order" (2008), "Democratic Drift" (2009) and "Defending Politics" (2012).