Democracy and Crisis: Democratising Governance in the Twenty-First Century

by B. Isakhan (Editor), S. Slaughter (Editor)

Overview

Recent years have seen constant reports on the failures of governance and the crisis of democracy. By examining cases like Global Financial Crisis, the Arab Revolutions and Wikileaks this volume highlights tensions between governance and democracy during times of crisis and examines the prospects of democratising governance in the 21st Century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137326041
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	05/27/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	273
File size:	396 KB

About the Author

Roland Axtmann, Swansea University, UK Mark Bevir University of California at Berkeley, USA Daniel Bray La Trobe University, Australia Natalie J. DoyleMonash University, Australia Matthias Goldmann Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany James Goodman, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Tom Morton, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Roderic Pitty University of Western Australia Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University, Denmark Andrew Vandenberg, Deakin University, Australia

Table of Contents

Introduction: Crisis and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century; Benjamin Isakhan and Steven Slaughter PART I: RECONSIDERING GOVERNANCE 1. Decentreing Governance: A Democratic Turn?; Mark Bevir 2. The Democratic Accountability of Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector; Jacob Torfing PART II: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND DEMOCRACY 3. The Financial Crisis as a Crisis of Public Reasoning; Matthias Goldmann 4. Neo-Liberal Governance and the Protest Politics of the Occupy Movement; Daniel Bray 5. Governance and Democratic Legitimacy: The European Union's Crisis of De-Politicisation; Natalie J. Doyle 6. Disintegrating European Austerity in Greece and Germany; Roderic Pitty PART III: TRANSITIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ATTEMPTS TO DE3MOCRATISE GOVERNANCE 7. Democratising Governance after the Arab Revolutions: The People, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Governance Networks of Egypt; Benjamin Isakhan 8. WikiLeaks and the Limits of Representative Democracy and Transnational Democratisation; Steven Slaughter PART IV: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRATIC CRISES 9. Global Governance, Constitutionalism and Democracy; Roland Axtmann 10. Global Unionism and Global Governance; Andrew Vandenberg 11. Climate Crises and the Limits of Liberal Democracy? Germany, Australia and India Compared; James Goodman and Tom Morton Conclusion: The Future of Democratic Governance ; Benjamin Isakhan and Steven Slaughter