Can Democracy Safeguard the Future?

by Grahame Smith and Graham Smith

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509539255
• ISBN13: 9781509539253
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 7.5"