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PublisherBrookings Institution Press

ISBN-100815728654

ISBN-139780815728658

eBay Product ID (ePID)44776684

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

Publication NameComing Democracy : New Rules for Running a New World

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

SubjectGlobalization, History & Theory, International Relations / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, International Relations / Diplomacy

TypeTextbook

AuthorAnn M. Florini

Subject AreaPolitical Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"THE COMING DEMOCRACY offers a blueprint master plan for expalnding democracy on a global level." -- Library Bookwatch , 8/1/2005, "A lively and sophisticated glimpse at the coming battle over global governance." -- Foreign Affairs, "THE COMING DEMOCRACY will stimulate debate about its argument, and presents an inspiring message for those who seek to promote progressive change." -Robert O. Keohane, Duke University "A lively and sophisticated glimpse at the coming battle over global governance." - Foreign Affairs "THE COMING DEMOCRACY offers a blueprint master plan for expalnding democracy on a global level." - Library Bookwatch, 8/1/2005 "A terrifically important book." -Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of THE INGENUITY GAP "A beautifully written, highly accessible, authoritative explanation of how the world is changing and what we can do about those changes." -Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate and author of GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS, "THE COMING DEMOCRACY will stimulate debate about its argument, and presents an inspiring message for those who seek to promote progressive change." --Robert O. Keohane, Duke University

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal306.2

SynopsisNational governments are proving ill-equipped to manage an increasingly complicated portfolio of global problems. In The Coming Democracy, political analyst Ann Florini sets forth a compelling new paradigm for transnational governance. It is based on the concept of "transparency," the idea that the free flow of information -on topics ranging from corporate and government behavior to nuclear proliferation to biodiversity protection -provides powerful ways to hold decisionmakers accountable and to give ordinary people meaningful voice in shaping the policies that affect them. Thanks to dramatic breakthroughs in information technology over the past decade, such transparency is now possible on a global scale. Florini offers a clear and comprehensive assessment of the possibilities for using transparency to develop effective approaches to transnational governance. She shows how this new form of governance offers real hope for managing global problems, and provides a compelling scenario that demonstrates how existing conventions and institutions can lead the way in the evolution of a better system of global governance., National governments are proving ill-equipped to manage an increasingly complicated portfolio of global problems. In The Coming Democracy, political analyst Ann Florini sets forth a compelling new paradigm for transnational governance. It is based on the concept of transparency, the idea that the free flow of informationon topics ranging from corporate and government behavior to nuclear proliferation to biodiversity protectionprovides powerful ways to hold decisionmakers accountable and to give ordinary people meaningful voice in shaping the policies that affect them. Thanks to dramatic breakthroughs in information technology over the past decade, such transparency is now possible on a global scale. Florini offers a clear and comprehensive assessment of the possibilities for using transparency to develop effective approaches to transnational governance. She shows how this new form of governance offers real hope for managing global problems, and provides a compelling scenario that demonstrates how existing conventions and institutions can lead the way in the evolution of a better system of global governance., " National governments are proving ill-equipped to manage an increasingly complicated portfolio of global problems. In The Coming Democracy, political analyst Ann Florini sets forth a compelling new paradigm for transnational governance. It is based on the concept of ""transparency,"" the idea that the free flow of information--on topics ranging from corporate and government behavior to nuclear proliferation to biodiversity protection--provides powerful ways to hold decisionmakers accountable and to give ordinary people meaningful voice in shaping the policies that affect them. Thanks to dramatic breakthroughs in information technology over the past decade, such transparency is now possible on a global scale. Florini offers a clear and comprehensive assessment of the possibilities for using transparency to develop effective approaches to transnational governance. She shows how this new form of governance offers real hope for managing global problems, and provides a compelling scenario that demonstrates how existing conventions and institutions can lead the way in the evolution of a better system of global governance. "

LC Classification NumberJC337.F56 2005