Braver New World : The Countries Doing It Right in a World Gone Wrong

Revised and updated for the paperback edition. The top ten bestseller.

"Refreshing... A rare example of a Broken Britain book with answers." New Statesman

"Engaging and informative, imploring us not to lose hope." Observer

"A ray of sunshine." Start the Week, Radio 4

"Rattlingly readable... Inspiring." Financial Times

At a time when democracies seem paralysed by fear, award-winning journalist John Kampfner travels to ten countries confronting our most critical problems, and shows that the boldest thinking comes not from the richest nations, but from those with the most at stake.

Solutions exist. The question is whether we have the courage to learn.

"A persuasive and imaginative argument against the gloom of our times." Bronwen Maddox

"Solutions-focused authorship at its best." Andrew Roberts

"A how-to book with inspired answers to our urgent questions." Lyse Doucet

"Read this book as an antidote to fatalism and gloom." Robert Peston

"Closely reported, surprising and, above all, hopeful." Jonathan Freedland