Politics: A Survivors Guide (Paperback)

Rafael Behr

ISBN 10: 1838955062 / ISBN 13: 9781838955069

Published by Atlantic Books, London, 2024

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Paperback. A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2023 'Passionate, clever, and often very funny' Marina Hyde'A wonderful meditation on populism, nationalism, politics and truth' Rory StewartWe live in an age of fury and confusion. A new crisis erupts before the last one has finished: financial crisis, Brexit, pandemic, war in Ukraine, inflation, strikes. Prime Ministers come and go but politics stays divided and toxic. It is tempting to switch off the news, tune out and hope things will get back to normal. Except, this is the new normal, and our democracy can only work if enough people stay engaged without getting enraged. But how? To answer that question, award-winning journalist Rafael Behr takes the reader on a personal journey from despair at the state of politics to hope that there is a better way of doing things, with insights drawn from three decades as a political commentator and foreign correspondent. Have you ever turned away from the news in despair? Or do you sometimes scroll through socialmedia and come away angry, frustrated, listless and afraid? This is a book about the toxic atmosphere ofmodern politics that makes it sometimes hard to breathe; the damage it does to democracy . and theantidote. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Politics: A Survivors Guide (Paperback)
• Publisher: Atlantic Books, London
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838955062
• ISBN 13: 9781838955069
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

 'A wonderful meditation on populism, nationalism, politics and truth' Rory Stewart, author, The Marches

***Chosen as a 2023 Non-Fiction highlight in the Guardian, New Statesman and Irish Times***

We live in an age of fury and confusion. A new crisis erupts before the last one has finished: financial crisis, Brexit, pandemic, war in Ukraine, inflation, strikes. Prime Ministers come and go but politics stays divided and toxic.

It is tempting to switch off the news, tune out and hope things will get back to normal. Except, this is the new normal, and our democracy can only work if enough people stay engaged without getting enraged. But how?

To answer that question, award-winning journalist Rafael Behr takes the reader on a personal journey from despair at the state of politics to hope that there is a better way of doing things, with insights drawn from three decades as a political commentator and foreign correspondent.

About the Author

Rafael Behr is a political journalist and broadcaster. He writes a political column for the Guardian. His work has also been published in the Times, the Sunday Times, the New York Times, the Irish Times and Prospect magazine. He is regularly a commentator on the BBC, Sky News and Times Radio. He also hosts the Politics on the Couch podcast. Rafael was formerly Political Editor for the New Statesman, chief leader writer for the Observer, a business writer for BBC News online and a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Russia and the Baltic region.