{"product_id":"why-politics-fails","title":"Why Politics Fails","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrilliant ... a must-read'and Daron Acemoglu, co-author ofand Why Nations Fail_____Why do the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed? Inand Why Politics Fails, award-winning Oxford professor Ben Ansell shows that it's not the politicians that are the problem, it's that our collective goals result in five political 'traps'.Democracy: we all want a say in how we're governed, but it's impossible to have any true 'will of the people'. Equality: we want to be treated equally, but equal rights and equal outcomes undermine each other. Solidarity: we want a safety net when times are tough, but often we care about solidarity only when we need it ourselves. Security: we want protecting from harm, but not if it undermines our freedoms. Prosperity: we want to be richer tomorrow, but what makes us richer in the short run makes us poorer over the long haul.You've probably noticed a pattern here, which is that our self-interest undermines our ability to deliver on our collective goals. And these traps reinforce one another, so a polarized democracy can worsen inequality; a threadbare social safety net can worsen crime; runaway climate change will threaten global peace.Drawing on examples from Ancient Greece through Brexit and using his own counterintuitive and pathbreaking research - on why democracy thrives under high inequality, and how increased political and social equality can lead to greater class inequality - Ansell vividly illustrates how we can escape the political traps of our imperfect world. He shows that politics won't end, but that it doesn't have to fail._____'A meticulous study of how different societies find it so difficult to achieve widely shared goals'and Financial Times'Incisive and gripping'and Daniel Ziblatt, co-author ofand How Democracies Die'Salutary reading for the world we live in now'and James A. Robinson, co-author ofand Why Nations Fail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Ansell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246799515708,"sku":"9780241517635","price":3650.75,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/97802415176355.jpg?v=1776802635","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/why-politics-fails","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}