| A Possible World: Democratic Transformation of Global Institutions Contributor(s): Patomaki, Heikki (Author), Teivainen, Teivo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1842774077 ISBN-13: 9781842774076 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: The scope and powers of international institutions--the United Nations, the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization--continue to grow with globalization. If democratic values are still sought after, then their deficit at international level must be addressed. This book surveys the range of proposals on the table, with an emphasis on feasibility. It describes and evaluates a wide spectrum of democratic reform proposals for the UN, World Bank and IMF, the WTO and international judicial institutions. It explores innovative ideas for empowering global civil society; a Global Truth Commission; referenda and a World Parliament; a debt arbitration mechanism and global taxation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 321.8 |
| LCCN: 2003064128 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.02" W x 8.48" (0.72 lbs) 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As globalization proceeds apace international law, and the scope and powers of international institutions - the United Nations, the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization - continue to grow. If democratic values are still an aspiration of the 21st century, then their deficit at international level must be addressed. Patomaki and Teiveinen survey the range of proposals now on the table. Ruling nothing out, they emphasis feasibility. While democratic advances do not come without political mobilization, there is little point mobilizing people for the utopian and unrealizable. This informative, thought-provoking book will be of use both to students of International Relations and Political Science, and also to campaigners concerned with the existing inequitable and unaccountable international arrangements. |