The Last Vote

The Threats to Western Democracy

Philip Coggan

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Penguin
25 February 2015

Politics & government; Political structures: democracy

Democracy is so much a part of our Westernlives that it is easy to think it takes care of itself.

Democracy is so much a part of our Westernlives that it is easy to think it takes care of itself.

But, amid political and financial turmoil, can we really afford to take it for granted any more?

Whatexactly is democracy?

Why should we value it?

And could we do any better?

'A wake-up call . . . Coggan wants to rouse us.' Mark Mazower, Financial Times

'His argument is that we have become simultaneously complacent and cynical about our political system and if we're not careful might end up with our paradise paved.'David Aaronovitch, The Times

'A book that addresses universal questions'John Gray, New Statesman

'An admirably unexaggerated and even-handed consideration of the troubles that are besetting Western democracies.'Douglas Murray, Literary Review

By: Philip Coggan
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9780718197278
ISBN 10: 0718197275
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 25 February 2015
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Philip Coggan was a Financial Times journalist for over twenty years, and is now the Buttonwood columnist for the Economist. In 2009 he was named Senior Financial Journalist in the Harold Wincott awards and was voted Best Communicator at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards. He is the author of The Money Machine, and Paper Promises, winner of the Spears Business Book of the Year Award and longlisted for the Financial Times Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.

Reviews for The Last Vote: The Threats to Western Democracy

Consistently illuminating . . . admirably balanced . . . An exploration of democracy's ills that anyone concerned with the current state of the world will benefit from reading. It is a book that addresses universal questions -- John Gray * New Statesman * Coggan puts his argument together logically and methodically . . . His conclusions are sensible and moderate . . . It is rather a nice change to read a book which could best be described as a mild rebuke or a gentle warning. In essence, its author is getting a little Joni Mitchell about representative democracy -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *