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Can I read Can Democracy Safeguard the Future? (Democratic Futures) on EtoBox?

Can Democracy Safeguard the Future? (Democratic Futures) by Smith, Graham is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Can Democracy Safeguard the Future? (Democratic Futures) about?

Our 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. In 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

Who reads Can Democracy Safeguard the Future? (Democratic Futures)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Smith, Graham
Publisher
Polity Press
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9781509539260
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Political Science, Philosophy, Humanities
Updated
2026-03-25