A Possible World: Democratic Transformation of Global Institutions

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Zed Books, 2004 - 242 sivua

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.

 

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Political support 6 Institutionally conservative
9
Lessons of the European Parliament
10
The United Nations
17
The Bretton Woods institutions
41
The World Trade Organization
70
International courts
94
Conclusion
104
A world parliament and global referendum
139
Problems of global federalism 141 World referendum
146
Global tax organizations
163
Conclusions
183
Conservative vs transformative proposals
191
Outline of a strategy for global democratic change
209
Index
234
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A Possible World: Democratic Transformation of Global Institutions
Heikki Patomaki,Teivo Teivainen
Otenäkymä - 2004

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Tietoja kirjailijasta (2004)

Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Previously he has also worked as a Professor of World Politics and Economy at the Nottingham Trent University, UK, and RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. In 2012 he acted as a Visiting Professor at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. Patomäki's research interests include philosophy and methodology of social sciences, peace research, futures studies, economic theory, global political economy, and global political theory. His most recent book is The Political Economy of Global Security. War, Future Crises and Changes in Global Governance (Routledge, 2008). He is currently working on two new books, Unprincipled Economics (with Jamie Morgan) and Global Futures. Patomäki is a founding member of NIGD (Network Institute for Global Democratisation) and has also been an activist in the international ATTAC movement from its inception, currently chairing ATTAC Finland.

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OtsikkoA Possible World: Democratic Transformation of Global Institutions
KirjailijatHeikki Patomaki, Teivo Teivainen
Painoskuvitettu
KustantajaZed Books, 2004
ISBN1842774077, 9781842774076
Pituus242 sivua
  
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