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The Great Experiment
How to Make Diverse Democracies Work
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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.
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Yascha Mounk's The Great Experiment is praised for its deep exploration of how diverse democracies can thrive amidst nativist and populist pressures. The book is lauded as a hopeful and pragmatic guide that offers practical solutions for living together in diverse societies. It balances an optimistic yet realistic approach to addressing the challenges of race and identity.
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ISBN: 9781526630155
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 April 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 368
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About the Author
Yascha Mounk is a writer, academic, and public speaker known for his work on the rise of populism and the crisis of liberal democracy. A contributing editor at the Atlantic, where he has a regular column, his journalism has also appeared in the New Yorker and Harper’s, among other outlets. He is currently an Associate Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His most recent book, The People vs. Democracy, was published by Harvard University Press in 2018.
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