| Building Global Democracy? Contributor(s): Scholte, Jan Aart (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521140552 ISBN-13: 9780521140553 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 321.8 |
| LCCN: 2010052188 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.45 lbs) 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scholte, Jan Aart: - Jan Aart Scholte is Professorial Research Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick and Centennial Professor at LSE Global Governance in the London School of Economics and Political Science. |
