Building Global Democracy?

Building Global Democracy?
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 0521140552
ISBN-13 : 9780521140553
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Book Synopsis Building Global Democracy? by : Jan Aart Scholte

Download or read book Building Global Democracy? written by Jan Aart Scholte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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