Across the developed world, public confidence in politics and politicians has slumped. Solutions that once worked in tackling acute problems like unemployment, crime or low educational standards are no longer producing results, and the grand ideologies that dominated the twentieth century seem bankrupt, empty of relevance and popular appeal. The independent think-tank Demos has been at the forefront of this political thinking. This book offers some of the best of Demos' work, with timely and vibrant new assessments of where we are, where we should be going and how we should get there. 'Life After Politics' is indespensible for anyone interested in ideas that are set to reshape our societies in the next century.
Author
Geoff Mulgan is director of the Young Foundation. Between 1997 and 2004 he worked in the UK Prime Minister’s office and Cabinet Office and before that was the founding director of the thinktank Demos. He is a Visiting Professor at LSE, UCL, Melbourne University and the China Executive Leadership Academy. He also works as a part time adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Australia. His latest book is The Art of Public Strategy: mobilising power and knowledge for the common good
