{"product_id":"renovating-democracy-9780520303607","title":"Renovating Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a rethinking of how democratic systems workand how they fail. The impact of globalism and digital capitalism is forcing worldwide attention to the starker divide between the haves and the have-nots, challenging how we think about the social contract.     With fierce clarity and conviction,Renovating Democracytears down our basic structures and challenges us to conceive of an alternative framework for governance. To truly renovate our global systems, the authors argue for empowering participation without populism by integrating social networks and direct democracy into the system with new mediating institutions that complement representative government. They outline steps to reconfigure the social contract to protect workers instead of jobs, shifting from a redistribution after wealth to pre-distribution with the aim to enhance the skills and assets of those less well-off. Lastly, they argue for harnessing globalization through positive nationalism at home while advocating for global cooperationspecifically with a partnership with Chinato create a viable rules-based world order.  Thought provoking and persuasive,Renovating Democracyserves as a point of departure that deepens and expands the discourse for positive change in governance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this new book, Nicolas Berggruen, the founder and chairman of the Berggruen Institute, and his co-founder, the WorldPost editor Nathan Gardels, are kicking the tires of democracy. The brainy duo take this opportunity to think about the system of government, what makes it work, how it fails, and whether it's still the best way to run the world. This isn't light reading, but it's necessary.” * Town \u0026amp; Country *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is a romp through all that’s going wrong with politics, from populists on the rise, robots stealing jobs, climate change being ignored and technocrats bereft of fresh ideas.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book offers a useful analysis of some of the major challenges that come with globalization and the increasingly technological world in which we live and serves as a useful supplement to existing studies.\" * European Legacy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: There Is Something Wrong with the System\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Rethinking Democracy,\u003cbr\u003e the Social Contract, and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Paradoxes of Governance in the Digital Age\u003cbr\u003e Where China Comes In\u003cbr\u003e Taking Back Control\u003cbr\u003e The Politics of Renovation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Behind the Populist Surge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peril Resides within Promise\u003cbr\u003e Disruption, Insecurity, and Identity\u003cbr\u003e Luther’s 95 Theses and Twitter’s 280 Characters\u003cbr\u003e What about Us?\u003cbr\u003e God and Computers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rethinking Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Representative Government in Crisis\u003cbr\u003e The Participatory Power of Social Media\u003cbr\u003e Thinking outside the Ballot Box\u003cbr\u003e Back to the Drawing Board of Constitutional Design\u003cbr\u003e The American Founders: A Republic, Not a Democracy\u003cbr\u003e The Progressives: Direct Democracy and Smart Government\u003cbr\u003e The Third Turn: Participation without Populism\u003cbr\u003e California as a Laboratory of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e Fundamental Redesign of State Government\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Redrawing the Social Contract\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Job Loss and Inequality in the Digital Age\u003cbr\u003e The Transformation of Capital by Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e The Parallel Sharing Economy\u003cbr\u003e The Future of Work\u003cbr\u003e How Tax Dollars Are Spent\u003cbr\u003e An Equity Share for All Citizens: Universal Basic Capital\u003cbr\u003e Universal Basic Income as a Floor\u003cbr\u003e A Postcapitalist Scenario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Harnessing Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The China Challenge\u003cbr\u003e Positive Nationalism\u003cbr\u003e Open Societies’ Need for Defined Borders\u003cbr\u003e One World, Many Systems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Our Image of the Future\u003cbr\u003e Shapes the Present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864912507223,"sku":"9780520303607","price":21.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520303607.jpg?v=1722273287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/renovating-democracy-9780520303607","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}