Is democracy falling apart? How worried should we be? And how can we fix it? With Niheer Dasandi, author of 'Is Democracy Failing?', and Eliane Glaser, author of 'Anti-Politics: On the Demonisation of Ideology, Authority and the State'.
Links
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<li><a href="https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/matthew-taylor-blog/2018/10/could-politics-ever-be-a-source-of-wisdom-rather-than-anxiety">Matthew Taylor's blog: Could politics ever be a source of wisdom rather than anxiety?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://thamesandhudson.com/news/is-democracy-failing/">Is Democracy Failing? by Niheer Dasandi</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/anti-politics/eliane-glaser/9781912248117">Anti-Politics: On the Demonisation of Ideology, Authority and the State</a></li>
<li>Ian Leslie in the New Statesman: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2018/10/why-invention-fridge-could-be-responsible-our-love-fake-news">Why the invention of the fridge could be responsible for our love of fake news</a></li>
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