{"product_id":"the-great-experiment-by-yascha-mounk-9781526630155","title":"The Great Experiment","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2022\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Anyone interested in the future of liberal democracy should read this book’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNE APPLEBAUM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363113681132,"sku":"9781526630155","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14809063482731.jpg?v=1772914343","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-great-experiment-by-yascha-mounk-9781526630155","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}