Democracy under Stress the Global Crisis and Beyond

This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with ser...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Beek, Ursula J.
Other Authors: Wnuk-Lipinski, Edmund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leverkusen-Opladen Barbara Budrich-Esser 2011, 2011
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Summary:This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are global democratic rules a possibility? These are some of the key questions addressed in the volume
Physical Description:244 pages
ISBN:3866495803