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Last broadcast on Sat, 4 Jul 2009, 22:15 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley.
Sandel makes the case for a moral and civic renewal in democratic politics. Recorded at George Washington University in Washington DC, he calls for a new politics of the common good and says that we need to think of ourselves as citizens, not just consumers.
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Broadcasts
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Tue 30 Jun 200909:00
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Sat 4 Jul 200922:15
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