The New Statesman
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Jonathan White's new book, In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea, reads as a rebuttal of Oscar Wilde’s complaint that socialism takes up too many evenings.
Democracy implies an orientation towards the future, whose indeterminacy hypothetically allows it to be shaped by anyone.
Jonathan White: In the Long Run: The Future is a Political Idea by Jonathan White.
He says it is more likely that a reactive politics will produce a purely reactive politics.
The author's policy prescriptions, which conclude the book, are somewhat less compelling.
He suggests establishing recall referendums, making general elections less frequent.
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