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How global institutions rule the world
- Title
- How global institutions rule the world / Josep M Colomer.
- Author
- Colomer, Josep M.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 219 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Does world government actually exist? Are the current global institutions efficient in making decisions? Can they be compatible with basic democratic principles? This book holds that, indeed, world government does exist. Rulers of the World shows how the world is actually ruled by a few dozen global bureaus, organizations, funds, banks, courts and self-appointed directorates. They use different representation, voting and organizational formulas, yet the variety of arrangements of the global institutions is not an indicator of weak capacity of decision-making or of policy enforcement, but it reflects the extensive scope of their activities and the complexity of the global agenda of issues. With the appropriate institutional design, global government needs to be made compatible with a notion of accountable democratic rule"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
- Contents
- World Government is Here -- Network Goods are Served by Simple Bureaus -- Unanimity Rule Failed to Make the World More Secure -- A Great-Powers' Directorate Has Averted the Third World War -- Weights and Coalitions for Finance and Development -- Equal Vote Does Not Favor Global Trade -- The World's Self-Appointed Steering Committee -- Domestic Politics Doesn't Make Policy -- Global Representation Requires Rotation of Countries -- Effective Decisions are Made by Means of Weighted Votes -- Expert Rulers Replace Politicians and Diplomats -- Policy Consensus is Built With More Ideas than Votes -- Non-Electoral Accountability is Based On Performance and Values -- Can Global Democracy Exist?
- Call Number
- JFD 16-2453
- ISBN
- 9781137475077
- 1137475072
- LCCN
- 2014021181
- OCLC
- 881859375
- Author
- Colomer, Josep M.
- Title
- How global institutions rule the world / Josep M Colomer.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-2453