Title : | A possible world : democratic transformation of global institutions | Material Type: | printed text | Authors: | Heikki Patom?ki, Author ; Teivo Teivainen, Author | Publisher: | Zed Books | Publication Date: | 2005 | Pagination: | 256 p. | Size: | Hardcover | ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-84277-406-9 | Price: | gift | Languages : | English (eng) | Abstract: | 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.
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A possible world : democratic transformation of global institutions [printed text] / Heikki Patom?ki, Author ; Teivo Teivainen, Author . - London, New York : Zed Books, 2005 . - 256 p. ; Hardcover. ISBN : 978-1-84277-406-9 : gift Languages : English ( eng) Abstract: | 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.
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