Chapter 26
Ten Political Trends for the Future
In This Chapter
Voting online
Modernising India and China
Replacing the dollar
Living with global change
Former British prime minister Harold Wilson once said that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. But what about one, five, ten or even twenty years?
In today’s fast-paced, interconnected, rapidly globalising world, political careers can end in a jiffy, international alliances form and then fragment in double-quick time, and the fortunes of great nations can rise and fall overnight. Plotting these changes is the work of journalists, historians and that wacky group of funsters, the political scientists, but here’s my attempt to gaze into the crystal ball and predict the future of politics.
In this chapter, and in no particular order, I look at some of the political trends that may well play a big role in future politics in Britain and around the world. Some are educated guesses, others seem nailed-on certainties; only time will tell!
Broadening Democracy: Internet Voting
Great democracies like the UK and US are suffering from low voter ...
Get British Politics For Dummies, 2nd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
