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Ben Ansell: Why Politics Fails [2023] paperback MILIT He was defeated by aWhy do the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed? In Why Politics Fails, award winning Oxford professor Ben Ansell shows that it's not the politicians that are the problem, it's that our collective goals result in five political 'traps'. Democracy: we all want a say in how we're governed, but it's impossible to have any true 'will of the people'. Equality: we want to be treated equally, but equal rights and equal outcomes undermine