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How democracy survives : global challenges in the Anthropocene / edited by Michael Holm and R. S. Deese.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holm, Michael.
- Series:
- Democratization and Autocratization Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology, Stratigraphic--Anthropocene.
- Geology, Stratigraphic.
- Political culture.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- How Democracy Survives explores how liberal democracy can better adapt to the planetary challenges of our time by evolving beyond the Westphalian paradigm of the nation state. The authors bring perspectives from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America, their chapters engaging with the concept of transnational democracy by tracing its development in the past, assessing its performance in the present, and considering its potential for survival in this century and beyond. Coming from a wide array of intellectual disciplines and policymaking backgrounds, the authors share a common conviction that our global institutions-both governments and international organizations-must become more resilient, transparent, and democratically accountable in order to address the cascading political, economic, and social crises of this new epoch, such as climate change, mass migration, more frequent and severe natural disasters, and resurgent authoritarianism. This book will be relevant for courses in international relations and political science, environmental politics, and the preservation of democracy and federalism around the world.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Notes On Contributors
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Reference
- Part I The Forgotten Promise of 1945
- 1 The Other American Dream: The One World Order and Human Rights
- The One World Ideal
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Human Rights and the Modern World
- References
- 2 We Were Once Colonized: Nehru, India, and Afro-Asianism at the United Nations
- Images of an Internationalist Future
- The Search for Afro-Asia
- Notes
- 3 The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and VI of the UN Charter: Forgotten "Cardinal Feature" of the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals?
- The "Cardinal Feature" of Peaceful Settlement
- Deliberations at Dumbarton Oaks
- Peace Through Law Movements: Beyond a "Resort to Self-Help"
- The 1945 UN Charter as a Paradigmatic and Normative Break
- Connections and Implications for Global Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Democracy
- "New Phases" Which "Must Emerge"
- 4 The Postwar European Integration Process and the Progressive Construction of a Supranational Legal Order
- The Invention of Supranationality
- The European Union Today
- The European Lab
- Europe and the World: Spreading the Seeds of Supranational Democracy
- Old and New Promises
- 5 Democracy and the Spectacle of Consent: The Forgotten Promise of the United Nations
- Democracy and the Spectacle of Consent
- The Forgotten Promise of the United Nations
- The Spectacle of the United Nations
- Part II Globalizing Consent
- 6 Perceived Inequality and Democratic Support: A Close Analysis From the Asian Barometer Survey
- Does Inequality Harm Democratic Consolidation?
- Can Inequality Increase Popular Interest in Democracy?.
- Our Hypothesis: Competition Among Elites Can Strengthen Democracy
- Implications
- 7 Africa, Its Diaspora, Transitional Justice, and Global Democracy: Towards a World Parliament
- The Purpose of Transitional Justice
- The Invention of the United Nations and the Promise of Global Order
- Africa, Its Diaspora, and the United Nations: A Legacy of Global Exclusion
- Pan-African Efforts to Reform the UN Security Council
- The Fallacy of United Nations Reform
- Transitional Justice and the Case for Global Democracy: Towards a World Parliament
- World Federation of Nations
- Interrogating the Possibility of Change
- 8 "World Organization Through Democracy": Clarence Streit and the Genesis of the Present World Order
- Clarence K. Streit's "Nucleus Approach" to World Organization
- The Structural Interdependence of Democracy, Security, and Effective World Organization
- "How the Unit Shapes the End": The Primacy of Individual Equality
- Realism Through Democracy: Dynamics and Traits in Streit's Formal Model
- The Nucleus Idea and the Postwar Euro-Atlantic Institutions
- 9 Current Proposals for Closer Cooperation Among Democracies
- Contemporary Options for Structured Cooperation
- The Promising D10 Proposal and Its Variants
- The Variables Underlying Options for Democratic Alliance
- The Shadow War Already Exists
- 10 Representation and Participation of Citizens at the United Nations: The Democratic Legitimacy of the UN and Ways to Improve It
- The Right to Democracy
- International Recognition of Democratic Rights
- Right to a Democratic International Order
- The Democratic Deficit of the UN
- The UN as an Intergovernmental Organization
- A Broken Chain of Legitimation
- A Cosmopolitan Perspective
- A UN Parliamentary Assembly
- Rationale and Concept.
- Legal Establishment
- Power and Functions
- Election and Allocation of Seats
- Working Methods
- Further Remarks
- A UN World Citizens' Initiative
- Rationale and Concept
- A Three-Step Procedure
- Step 1: Launching an Initiative
- Step 2: Collecting Signatures
- Step 3: Presentation and Response
- Implementation
- Global Citizens' Assemblies
- Discussion
- Part III Confronting the Anthropocene
- 11 The Climate Commons and the Survival of Democracy
- Managing the Global Commons
- War, Peace, and Political Culture
- International Regimes
- Mobilizing the State to Act On Climate
- Mobilizing Citizens to Redirect Society
- 12 Democracies, Authoritarians, and Climate Change: Do Regime Types Matter?
- The Theoretical Case for and Against Democracy
- The Theoretical Case for Democracy
- The Case Against Democracy
- Evaluating the Claims for and Against Democracy
- Evidence On Climate Change and Democracy
- General Assessments of Regime Types
- What Does the Policy Research Tell Us?
- China and the United States: What Are the Lessons?
- On Climate Policy and Regime Types
- 13 Democracy to Avert Ecocide
- Systemic Corruption and Plebeian Institutional Solutions
- Non-Binding Power Cannot Protect the Planet
- Democratic Innovations for People's Power
- 14 What Disaster Response Can Teach Us About Democracy in the Anthropocene
- Governance in Disasters: Framing
- Governance in Disasters: Participation
- Governance in Disasters: Mutual Aid
- Disasters and Democracy
- 15 Democracy in the Age of Automation, Robotics, and Advanced AI
- Privacy
- AI-Facilitated Tyranny
- Cyberwarfare
- Rising Automation
- Unintended Effects and Failures of Control
- Dismissing the Concerns About AI.
- A Hypothetical "Best-Case" Scenario
- Epilogue
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781000812893
- 1000812898
- 9781003218586
- 100321858X
- 9781000812855
- 1000812855
- OCLC:
- 1348500465
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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