RSA Conversations

Is democracy failing?

Episode Summary

Is democracy under attack? How worried should we be? With Niheer Dasandi and Eliane Glaser.

Episode Notes

Is democracy falling apart? How worried should we be? And how can we fix it? With Niheer Dasandi, author of 'Is Democracy Failing?' (part of the Big Idea series from Thames & Hudson), and Eliane Glaser, author of 'Anti-Politics: On the Demonisation of Ideology, Authority and the State'.

Links

• Matthew Taylor's blog: Could politics ever be a source of wisdom rather than anxiety?
• Is Democracy Failing? by Niheer Dasandi
• Anti-Politics: On the Demonisation of Ideology, Authority and the State
• Ian Leslie in the New Statesman: Why the invention of the fridge could be responsible for our love of fake news

Produced by James Shield. With thanks to Thames & Hudson.

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