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Countries who manage things well - such as old age (Japan), solar power (Morocco), children's education (Finland)...

Braver New World: The Countries Daring to Do Things Others Won’t ...

John Kampfner

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£22.00

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If you read one book on this subject (and there are many), this would be a good choice. The author of biographies of Tom Paine and Vaclav Havel argues that democracy is necessary as a weapon... read more

Demagogues and Despots: Democracies on the Brink

John Keane

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The distinguished economist presents the radical idea that a healthy economy should involve collective benefits rather than a rigid preoccupation with the bottom line.

The Common Good Economy: A New Compass

Mariana Mazzucato

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£25.00

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As the old world dies and the new world struggles to be born, da Empoli assembles a rogues' gallery of the tyrants, tech bros and billionaires constructing our present dystopia. Acerbic yet ... read more

The Hour of the Predator: Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billi ...

Giuliano da Empoli

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£12.99

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A thoughtful, engaging study of Italy's political development after WW2.

Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy

Mark Gilbert

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£30.00

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A short, elegant account of America's dismaying advance towards autocracy.

Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart Again ...

Robert Kagan

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A collection of interviews over 20 years with the activist and author of God Of Small Things.

The Architecture of Modern Empire

Arundhati Roy

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Addressing the heart of neoliberalism, JS considers the freedoms of corporations in relation to those of individuals.... And offers some alternatives to prevailing systems.

The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society ...

Joseph Stiglitz

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The baleful effects of fibre optic cables and obscure payment systems on the balance of international power.

Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy ...

Henry Farrell

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A keen look at contemporary history through the eyes of Hobbes. Gray suggests that the philosopher would not be at all confident that our cheerful liberalism will dissolve the horrors and ha... read more

The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism

John Gray

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Enacted first in 1689 to address abuses by the Crown, the Bill of Rights was recently invoked to check abuses by Government acting in the name of the Crown - the unlawful attempt to prorogue... read more

Bill of Rights: The Origin of Britain’s Democracy ...

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The French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest champions, both in America and Europe.

The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville ...

Olivier Zunz

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A human rights lawyer charts both the history of how the powerful have tried to get inside our heads and also provides a framework to understand how our agency is undermined nowadays.

Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate Our Minds ...

Susie Alegre

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The veteran commentator considers the 1960 coup that deposed Menderes, and traces the parallels that divide Erdogan's Turkey.

A Coup in Turkey: A Tale of Democracy, Despotism and Vengeance in a Di ...

Jeremy Seal

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Recent illness has prompted this new book from Snyder, author of 'Bloodlands' and 'The Road to Unfreedom'. Health is not recognised as a human right in the US, but, he argues, what's the use... read more

Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty and Solidarity

Timothy Snyder

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Essays on the meaning of freedom, in India and globally.

AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.

Arundhati Roy

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£6.00

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As an account of concepts of freedom, this book might perhaps be placed in a History or Philosophy section. We hope you will take its inclusion under Current Affairs as a gesture of hope!

Freedom: An Unruly History

Annelien De Dijn

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£30.95

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Impressive analysis of the souring of late 80's ideals and the rise of the new right.

Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Frie ...

Anne Applebaum

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IB is a judge, who fortunately argues that without law we have only power, and that power without law is tyranny.

Populism On Trial: What Happens When Trust in Law Breaks Down ...

Inigo Bing

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A follow-up to the bestselling 'Stories of the Law and How It's Broken'

Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies ...

The Secret Barrister

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Suggests ways to combat the damage to liberal democracy, the media, the justice system, etc.

Surviving Autocracy

Masha Gessen

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A staggering book about how the global oil industry has poluted not just the earth but also democracy.

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Mos ...

Rachel Maddow

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