{"product_id":"can-democracy-safeguard-the-future-graham-smith-9781509539253","title":"Can Democracy Safeguard the Future?","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the future. From pensions to pandemics, health and social care through to climate, biodiversity and emerging technologies, democracies have been unable to deliver robust policies for the long term.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Graham Smith asks why. Exploring the drivers of short-termism, he considers ways of reshaping legislatures and constitutions and proposes strengthening independent offices whose overarching goals do not change at every election. More radically, Smith argues that forms of participatory and deliberative politics offer the most effective democratic response to the current political myopia, as well as a powerful means of protecting the interests of generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Graham Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509539255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509539253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 4.80w x 0.50d","brand":"Graham Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943296368895,"sku":"9781509539253","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_98467009-3854-4f85-97a7-d55905cc8239.jpg?v=1681497323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/can-democracy-safeguard-the-future-graham-smith-9781509539253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}