“The challenge of writing about democratic politics is to be unsparing about its reality without abandoning faith in its ideals.”
Michael Ignatieff, 2013, Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics. Harvard University Press.
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Reblogged this on Kate Mattocks and commented:
I really like Clive Barnett’s blog, and in particular his “Bite Size Theory” section (I think it would make a good assignment – to pick one of the ‘theories’ and discuss it). This is a powerful quote from Michael Ignatieff.