ABSTRACT
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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|90 pages
The Forgotten Promise of 1945
chapter 3|22 pages
The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Chapter VI of the UN Charter
chapter 4|16 pages
The Postwar European Integration Process and the Progressive Construction of a Supranational Legal Order
chapter 5|16 pages
Democracy and the Spectacle of Consent
part II|79 pages
Globalizing Consent
chapter 6|9 pages
Perceived Inequality and Democratic Support
chapter 7|12 pages
Africa, Its Diaspora, Transitional Justice, and Global Democracy
chapter 8|19 pages
“World Organization through Democracy”
chapter 10|18 pages
Representation and Participation of Citizens at the United Nations
part III|86 pages
Confronting the Anthropocene