{"product_id":"how-democracy-survives-9781032111278","title":"How Democracy Survives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Democracy Survives\u003c\/em\u003e explores how liberal democracy can better adapt to the planetary challenges of our time by evolving beyond the Westphalian paradigm of the nation state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 institutionsboth governments and international organizationsmust 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cb\u003ePart I: The Forgotten Promise of 1945 \u003c\/b\u003e1. The Other American Dream: The One World Order and Human Rights 2. We Were Once Colonized: Nehru, India and Afro-Asianism at the United Nations 3. The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Chapter VI of the UN Charter: Forgotten ‘Cardinal Feature’ of the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals? 4. The Postwar European Integration Process and the Progressive Construction of a Supranational Legal Order 5. Democracy and the Spectacle of Consent: The Forgotten Promise of the United Nations \u003cb\u003ePart II: Globalizing Consent \u003c\/b\u003e6. Perceived Inequality and Democratic Support: A Close Analysis from the Asian Barometer Survey 7. Africa, its Diaspora, Transitional Justice, and Global Democracy: Towards a World Parliament 8. ‘World Organization Through Democracy’: Clarence Streit and the Genesis of the Present World Order 9. Current Proposals for Closer Cooperation among Democracies 10. Representation and Participation of Citizens at the United Nations: The Democratic Legitimacy of the UN and Ways to Improve It \u003cb\u003ePart III: Confronting the Anthropocene \u003c\/b\u003e11. The Climate Commons and the Survival of Democracy 12. Democracies, Authoritarians, and Climate Change: Do Regime Types Matter? 13. Democracy to Avert Ecocide 14. What Disaster Response Can Teach Us about Democracy in the Anthropocene 15. Democracy in the Age of Automation, Robotics, and Advanced AI Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018842603863,"sku":"9781032111278","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032111278.jpg?v=1750778361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-democracy-survives-9781032111278","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}