Possible world : democratic transformation of global institutions
Patomaki, Heikki
Possible world : democratic transformation of global institutions - London Zed Books 2004 - x,242p.
CONTENTS List of boxes, tables and figures vii Preface ix Introduction: How should we assess global democracy initiatives? 1 Why global democracy? \1 What global democracy initiatives? \ 2 Preconceptions \ 2 Justification \ 4 Political support 6 Institutionally conservative or transformative? \ 7 Feasibility \ 8 The structure of the book 19 PARTI Reforming Existing Institutional Arrangements 15 1 The United Nations 17 The Security Council \ 20 The General Assembly 24 The People's Assembly \ 30 The Economic and Social Council 133 Making the UN more autonomous by financial reforms \ 36 2The Bretton Woods institutions 41 The International Monetary Fund \ 44 Proposals to reform the IMF \ 52 The World Bank \ 59 Proposals to reform the World Bank \ 64 3The World Trade Organization 70 The structure and purpose of the WTO \ 70 Proposals for democratic reforms of the WTO \ 79 Are WTO reforms politically possible? \ 88 4International courts 94 The International Court of Justice \ 94 The International Criminal Court \ 96 5 Conclusion 104 PART II Creating New Institutional Arrangements 109 6 Empowering global civil society 111 The rise of transnational political organizations in the late twentieth century \111 The World Social Forum \\116 7The global truth commission 129 The purpose of national truth commissions \129 Global truth commission \130 8A world parliament and global referendum 139 Problems of global federalism \ 141 World referendum \ 146 9 Debt arbitration mechanism 150 The current debt problem |150 Proposals for resolving the debt crisis \ 153 10 Global tax organizations 163 Currency transaction tax organization \ 163 Greenhouse gas tax 1176 11 Conclusions 183 PART III A Strategy 189 12 Conservative vs transformative proposals 191 13 Outline of a strategy for global democratic change 209 Bibliography 214 Index 234
1842774077
International relations
Democracy
Globalization
World politics--1989-
321.8 / PAT
Possible world : democratic transformation of global institutions - London Zed Books 2004 - x,242p.
CONTENTS List of boxes, tables and figures vii Preface ix Introduction: How should we assess global democracy initiatives? 1 Why global democracy? \1 What global democracy initiatives? \ 2 Preconceptions \ 2 Justification \ 4 Political support 6 Institutionally conservative or transformative? \ 7 Feasibility \ 8 The structure of the book 19 PARTI Reforming Existing Institutional Arrangements 15 1 The United Nations 17 The Security Council \ 20 The General Assembly 24 The People's Assembly \ 30 The Economic and Social Council 133 Making the UN more autonomous by financial reforms \ 36 2The Bretton Woods institutions 41 The International Monetary Fund \ 44 Proposals to reform the IMF \ 52 The World Bank \ 59 Proposals to reform the World Bank \ 64 3The World Trade Organization 70 The structure and purpose of the WTO \ 70 Proposals for democratic reforms of the WTO \ 79 Are WTO reforms politically possible? \ 88 4International courts 94 The International Court of Justice \ 94 The International Criminal Court \ 96 5 Conclusion 104 PART II Creating New Institutional Arrangements 109 6 Empowering global civil society 111 The rise of transnational political organizations in the late twentieth century \111 The World Social Forum \\116 7The global truth commission 129 The purpose of national truth commissions \129 Global truth commission \130 8A world parliament and global referendum 139 Problems of global federalism \ 141 World referendum \ 146 9 Debt arbitration mechanism 150 The current debt problem |150 Proposals for resolving the debt crisis \ 153 10 Global tax organizations 163 Currency transaction tax organization \ 163 Greenhouse gas tax 1176 11 Conclusions 183 PART III A Strategy 189 12 Conservative vs transformative proposals 191 13 Outline of a strategy for global democratic change 209 Bibliography 214 Index 234
1842774077
International relations
Democracy
Globalization
World politics--1989-
321.8 / PAT