De utopisten

After decades in progressive and environmental campaigns, Michiel van Straten is made a junior minister responsible for technology and the environment. The story is framed by two speeches a year apart: in the first he celebrates taking office, in the second he resigns. In between he argues for a sweeping plan to revive democracy, against a cautious political class unable to face climate, migration and the global economy, while his public role and his private life collide.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

349 pages in the original

Genres

Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Netherlands

First published

2007 by Prometheus

Author's age

55 when first published

ISBN

9789044610383 (original)