Yashamunk's latest book is the great experiment, why diverse democracies fall apart and how they can endure. He joined our host, babyse journalist, an broadcaster, riddle a cha, to talk about it. There's no historical precedent for this attempt of having these deeply affinitely religiously diverse and actually treating people equally. On acount of united states, where i am at the moment, we're trying to really treat everybody as equals.
During an era of identity politics, culture wars and increasing awareness of the structural biases that contribute to global inequality, it’s easy to become pessimistic about the possibility of making diverse democracies work. Yascha Mounk is a writer and political scientist whose recent book, The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, offers analysis of how our fractured societies can acknowledge the injustices of the past, while moving forward towards conciliation and cooperation. Hosting the discussion is BBC journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah.
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