{"product_id":"challenging-power-9781350139053","title":"Challenging Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArguing that we only have democracy when systems of power are held to account, Kaufman examines the real work being done to challenge the operations of power that underlie four unruly social problems: climate change, sweatshop labour, police abuse, and economic deprivation.  In \u003ci\u003eChallenging Power, \u003c\/i\u003eKaufman pairs each of these issues with an operation of power -- the large scale influence of multinational corporations; the power of governments; the authority of financial markets; and the control inherent in systems of meaning -- and using case studies like the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh and the killing of Eric Garner, forcefully demonstrates what is involved in challenging these operations of power. Advancing a positive message, Kaufman maintains that these networks are not omnipotent and can be challenged if we develop ''mechanisms of accountability'' which allow us to conceptualise the nature of these problems and the actions required to resist them. Kaufman provides then,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone with a conscience should read \u003ci\u003eHolding Power to Account.  \u003c\/i\u003eIn this short book, Cynthia Kaufman provides both an ethics and a politics for today’s interdependent world. To live a responsible life, we must work together to create systems of “accountability democracy” to constrain those with economic and political power. * Fred Block, Research Professor of Sociology, University of California at Davis, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis book highlights democracy’s struggle to adapt its mechanisms of accountability to the increasing complexity of power in the modern world. Its focus on holding power to account is particularly fruitful in a time of growing executive power, outsourced services, tax havens and defunct complaints procedures. The book provides a sparkling conceptual clarification of accountability and then explores practical and effective mechanisms for use by NGO’s, campaigning organisations and political parties. * Ricardo Blaug, Associate Professor of Democracy and Political Theory, University of Westminster, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1. States of      Irresponsibility: Rana Plaza, Accountability, and Power 2. The Ethics of      Accountability Democracy 3. The Politics of      Accountability Democracy  4. The Powers that      need to be held to Account  5. Accountability 6. Developing Effective Accountability Mechanisms  7. Building      Accountability Democracy 8. Acting Well in a      Traumatized World Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019630018903,"sku":"9781350139053","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350139053.jpg?v=1750780835","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/challenging-power-9781350139053","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}