Format:
1 Online-Ressource (273 p)
ISBN:
9780295980997
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1: Findings of the Copenhagen Seminars -- Introduction -- Chapter I: Dimensions of Global Democracy -- Democracy, Truth, Order and Commitment -- Laxism and Fundamentalism -- Decline of the Principle of Equality -- Reduce the Severity of Global Threats -- Tame and Enrich Economic Globalisation and Competiton -- Control and Orient Financial Transactions -- Develop Shared Values -- Global Democratic Community or Society -- Chapter II: Economies to Serve Human Needs and Aspirations -- Economic Participation: Promises and Uncertainties
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Economic Justice: Evidence of Regression -- Economic Morality: A Weakening of Norms -- Economic Moderation: The Monetisation of Societies is Pervasive -- Chapter III: A Humanist Political Culture -- Give Power to ""Soft"" Values -- Leave Room for Stability -- Accept Different Types of Modernity -- Reconcile the Local and the Universal -- Develop Solidarity -- Make Self-interest Contribute to the Common Good -- Call upon Ideals and Utopias -- Measure Social Progress and Social Regress -- Chapter IV: Social Forces with a Global Agenda -- The New World Capitalist Elite
Content:
The Media with a Global Reach -- New Idealists and World Proletariat -- Citizens of the World -- Public Servants -- Social Movements and Non-governmental Organisations -- Chapter V: Institutions to Promote the Common Good -- Institutional Diversity is a Condition for Democracy -- Make Good Use of Existing Institutions -- Nurture Traditional Socializing Institutions -- Set Clear and Ambitious Objectives -- Promote Humane and Effective States -- Make Regional Organisations the Building Blocks of a Global Community -- Manage the Global World Economy -- Strengthen the United Nations System
Content:
Part 2: Additional Contributions -- Richard Falk: Realising the Copenhagen Vision: The Political Imperative -- Peter Marris: Reflections on Development, Growth, and Well-being -- Saad Nagi: Toward a Global Community of Solution -- Deepak Nayyar: Globalisation and Development: A Historical Perspective -- Ignacy Sachs: Economic Growth and Social Progress Reconsidered -- Nafis Sadik: A Time to Act: To Save Lives and Promote Gender Equality -- Peter Townsend: Prisoners of the Global Market: Social Polarisation and Poverty -- Tu Weiming: Mutual Learning as an Agenda for Social Development
Content:
Appendix: Seminar Participants and Resources
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780295998817
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780295980997
Additional Edition:
Print version Baudot, Jacques Building a World Community : Globalisation and the Common Good Seattle : University of Washington Press,c2015 ISBN 9780295980997
Language:
English
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