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020			_a9781800812307
040			_aKenya National Library Service
050			_a JC423$b .W45 2024
082			_a321.8 WHI
100			_aWhite, Jonathan _eauthor
245			_aIn the Long run : _bthe future as a political idea / _cJonathan White
300			_a264 pages ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes index
520			_aExplores how democracy and political thought are shaped by visions of the future, examining crises such as climate change, pandemics, and war, and their impact on democratic ideals. Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. But the biggest issues facing the modern world - from climate collapse and pandemics to recession and world war - each apparently bring us to the edge of the irreversible.
650			_aPolitical science _xPhilosophy.
650			_aDemocracy _xPhilosophy.
650			_aForecasting _vPolitical aspects.
650			_aTime _xPolitical aspects.
650			_aFuture _xPolitical aspects.
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