{"product_id":"why-politics-fails","title":"Why Politics Fails","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed? In 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40281504710722,"sku":null,"price":999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/files\/content_12bc577e-9c8a-41b7-b6ce-75c23cfa48a7.jpg?v=1754470067","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/why-politics-fails","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}