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A fresh, provocative and above all optimistic view of the achievements and future potential of democracy. His aim is to cultivate a shift away form the bland and fatalistic politics of pessimism that appears to dominate public life. Flinders is a Professor at the University of Sheffield, and presented a 3-part series on this subject on Radio 4; he also writes regularly for the "Guardian" and "Times".