The Great Experiment - How to Make Diverse Democracies Work (Paperback)

* SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2022 * 'Anyone interested in the future of liberal democracy should read this book' ANNE APPLEBAUM ---------- One of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time: how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies. It’s easy to be pessimistic about the fate of democracy in multi-ethnic societies. At the end of the Second World War, fewer than one in twenty-five people living in the UK were born abroad; now it is one in seven. The history of humankind is a story of us versus them, and the project of diverse democracies is a relatively new one – it is, in other words, a great experiment. How do identity groups with different ideologies and beliefs live together? Is it possible to embark on a democracy with shared values if our values are at odds? Yascha Mounk argues that group identity is both deeply rooted and malleable. No community is beyond conciliation: groups are moving towards cooperation across the world. The Great Experiment offers a profound understanding of the problem behind all our other problems, and genuine hope for our capacity to solve it.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2023
Authors:	Yascha Mounk
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-1-5266-3015-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General
LSN:	1-5266-3015-X
Barcode:	9781526630155

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