How to Seize the Political Day

03/05/2017 57 min Episodio 123
How to Seize the Political Day

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Episode Synopsis

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 27th April 2017
With the failure of successive governments to tackle challenges ranging from climate change and terrorism, to growing inequality and far-right extremism, we have seen a sharp decline in trust and confidence in politics. The result? The rise of anti-politics, anti-expert, anti-system politicians, of which Donald Trump is just one example. Is there a way of saving democracy from its own failures?
Leading social philosopher and former political scientist Roman Krznaric offers a new roadmap for reinventing democratic politics in the twenty-first century.
Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/04/How-to-Seize-the-Political-Day