Politics: A Survivor’s Guide - How to Stay Engaged without Getting Enraged

About the author

Rafael Behr is an award-winning political columnist for the Guardian and a regular commentator on TV and radio. He is a former political editor of the New Statesman, chief leader writer at the Observer. He began his journalism career as a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times. He has also written highly regarded long-form political essays for Prospect magazine. Rafael is a well-respected figure in Westminster, considered one of the most insightful and articulate commentators of his generation. He has a network of contacts across the party spectrum, developed over more than two decades. He is an engaging and lively public speaker with many years of experience chairing and appearing as a panelist at conferences and literary festivals. Since April 2020, Rafael has also hosted Politics on the Couch, a podcast with a loyal following that looks at the psychological processes and biases that operate beneath the surface of day to day politics.

Summary

Have you ever turned away from the news in despair? Or do you sometimes scroll through socialmedia and come away angry, frustrated, listless and afraid? This is a book about the toxic atmosphere ofmodern politics that makes it sometimes hard to breathe; the damage it does to democracy ... and theantidote.

Product details

• Authors: Rafael Behr
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9781838955069
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-506-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 357 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Political Parties, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Heart, Popular medicine & health, Popular medicine and health, Political parties and party platforms