[PDF] Building Global Democracy eBook

Author : Jan Aart Scholte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139498029

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The scale, effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance lag far behind the world's needs. This path-breaking book examines how far civil society involvement provides an answer to these problems. Does civil society make global governance more democratic? Have citizen action groups raised the accountability of global bodies that deal with challenges such as climate change, financial crises, conflict, disease and inequality? What circumstances have promoted (or blocked) civil society efforts to make global governance institutions more democratically accountable? What could improve these outcomes in the future? The authors base their argument on studies of thirteen global institutions, including the UN, G8, WTO, ICANN and IMF. Specialists from around the world critically assess what has and has not worked in efforts to make global bodies answer to publics as well as states. Combining intellectual depth and political relevance, Building Global Democracy? will appeal to students, researchers, activists and policymakers.

Author : Jan Aart Scholte
Publisher :
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 9781139077569

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Explores the ways in which the activities of civil society can make global governance more democratic.

Author : Daniele Archibugi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139502026

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Democracy is increasingly seen as the only legitimate form of government, but few people would regard international relations as governed according to democratic principles. Can this lack of global democracy be justified? Which models of global politics should contemporary democrats endorse and which should they reject? What are the most promising pathways to global democratic change? To what extent does the extension of democracy from the national to the international level require a radical rethinking of what democratic institutions should be? This book answers these questions by providing a sustained dialogue between scholars of political theory, international law and empirical social science. By presenting a broad range of views by prominent scholars, it offers an in-depth analysis of one of the key challenges of our century: globalizing democracy and democratizing globalization.

Author : Francis Fukuyama
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1847653774

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Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrorism. What can be done to help? The problem of weak states and the need for state-building has existed for many years, but it has been urgent since September 11 and Afghanistan and Iraq. The formation of proper public institutions, such as an honest police force, uncorrupted courts, functioning schools and medical services and a strong civil service, is fraught with difficulties. We know how to help with resources, people and technology across borders, but state building requires methods that are not easily transported. The ability to create healthy states from nothing has suddenly risen to the top of the world agenda. State building has become a crucial matter of global security. In this hugely important book, Francis Fukuyama explains the concept of state-building and discusses the problems and causes of state weakness and its national and international effects.

Author : Daniele Archibugi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400829763

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The Global Commonwealth of Citizens critically examines the prospects for cosmopolitan democracy as a viable and humane response to the challenges of globalization. Arising after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the decisive affirmation of Western-style democracy, cosmopolitan democracy envisions a world politics in which democratic participation by citizens is not constrained by national borders, and where democracy spreads through dialogue and incentives, not coercion and war. This is an incisive and thought-provoking book by one of the world's leading proponents of cosmopolitan democracy. Daniele Archibugi looks at all aspects of cosmopolitan democracy in theory and practice. Is democracy beyond nation-states feasible? Is it possible to inform global governance with democratic norms and values, and if so, how? Archibugi carefully answers questions like these and forcefully responds to skeptics and critics. He argues that democracy can be extended to the global political arena by strengthening and reforming existing international organizations and creating new ones, and he calls for dramatic changes in the foreign policies of nations to make them compatible with global public interests. Archibugi advocates giving voice to new global players such as social movements, cultural communities, and minorities. He proposes building institutional channels across borders to address common problems, and encourages democratic governance at the local, national, regional, and global levels. The Global Commonwealth of Citizens is an accessible introduction to the subject that will be of interest to students and scholars in political science, international relations, international law, and human rights.

Author : Torbjörn Tännsjö
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 27,5 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Presents the arguments for the establishment of a world government to answer pressing global issues such as war, global injustices and environmental problems.

Author : Mary Alice Haddad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 12,54 MB
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1107014077

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This book offers a grassroots perspective and holistic understanding of Japan's democratization process and what it means for the nation today.

Author : Manville
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2003-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781578514403

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The "knowledge revolution" is widely accepted, but strategic leaders now talk of the logical next step: the human capital revolution and the need to manage knowledgeable people in an entirely different way. The organization of the future must be not only nimble and flexible but also self-governing and values-driven. But what will this future organization look like? And how will it be led? In this thoughtful book, organizational expert Brook Manville and Princeton classics professor Josiah Ober suggest that the model for building the future organization may lie deep in the past. The authors argue that ancient Athenian democracy was an ingenious solution to organizing human capital through the practice of citizenship. That ancient solution holds profound lessons for today's forward-thinking managers: They must reconceive today's "employees" as "citizens." Through this provocative case study of innovation and excellence lasting two hundred years, Manville and Ober describe a surprising democratic organization that empowered tens of thousands of individuals to work together for both noble purpose and hard-edged performance. Their book offers timeless guiding principles for organizing and leading a self-governing enterprise. A unique and compelling think piece, A Company of Citizens will change the way managers envision the leadership, values, and structure of tomorrow's people-centered organizations.

Author : Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791463345

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Examines the growing power of nongovernmental organizations by looking at UN World Conferences.