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Policymaking and Democracy is the first volume of a three-volume set that examines the multi-dimensional role of policy in the development and promotion of democracy, prosperity, and peace. The democracy volume brings together international contributions on the policy challenges faced by national and multinational bodies to promote a democratic political culture and encourage the growth and development of civil society. The work includes chapters on integration and representation within the European Union, the expanding role of NGOs and IGOs, international parliamentary organs, the future of the nation-state in a pluralistic world, and the mportance of global consensus-building.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Bowling Together
Chapter 2 The Right of Rescue
Chapter 3 The European Referendum: A Tool to Legitmate the European Integration Process?
Chapter 4 The Origins of Mixed Electoral Systems: A Comparative Analysis
Chapter 5 NGOs, IGOs, and Prospects for Humane Governance
Chapter 6 Interest Representation and Legitimacy in the European Union
Chapter 7 Influencing Decisions in International Organizations: The Case of International Parliamentary Organs
Chapter 8 Autonomy and Subsidiarity in the Emergence of a New Paradigm: The European Regional State of the Autonomies
Chapter 9 The Effectiveness of Third Party Mediation to End Civil Wars
Chapter 10 Cosmopolitan Democracy and the National Boundary Problems
Chapter 11 World without Borders? Reflections on the Future of the Nation-State
Chapter 12 Obstacles to Welfare State Convergence: The Role of Culture
Chapter 13 Three Perspectives on Global Consensus Building: A Framework for Analysis

Product details

Published 10 Dec 2002
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 328
ISBN 9780739159019
Imprint Lexington Books
Series Studies in Public Policy
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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