{"product_id":"9781526630148","title":"The Great Experiment: How to Make Diverse Democracies Work","description":"Author: Mounk, Yascha\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526630148\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 May 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2022 *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Anyone interested in the future of liberal democracy should read this book'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNE APPLEBAUM\u003cbr\u003e----------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time- how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt'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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHow 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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYascha Mounk argues that group identity is both deeply rooted and malleable. No community is beyond conciliation- groups are moving towards cooperation across the world. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e offers a profound understanding of the problem behind all our other problems, and genuine hope for our capacity to solve it.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629822857374,"sku":"UBD-9781526630148","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526630148.jpg?v=1774222248","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526630148","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}