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Renovating Democracy

Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism

By: Nathan Gardels,Nicolas Berggruen

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Renovating Democracy

Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism

By: Nathan Gardels,Nicolas Berggruen

The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a rethinking of how democratic systems work—and how they fail. The impact of globalism and digital capitalism is forcing worldwide attention to the starker divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots,” challenging how we think about the social contract. With fierce clarity and conviction, Renovating Democracy tears down our basic structures and challenges us to conceive of an alternative framework for governance. To truly renovate our global systems, the authors argue for empowering participation without populism by integrating social networks and direct democracy into the system with new mediating institutions that complement representative government. They outline steps to reconfigure the social contract to protect workers instead of jobs, shifting from a “redistribution” after wealth to “pre-distribution” with the aim to enhance the skills and assets of those less well-off. Lastly, they argue for harnessing globalization through “positive nationalism” at home while advocating for global cooperation—specifically with a partnership with China—to create a viable rules-based world order. Thought provoking and persuasive, Renovating Democracy serves as a point of departure that deepens and expands the discourse for positive change in governance.

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0520303601

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Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

A Middle Way between West and East

By: Nicolas Berggruen,Nathan Gardels

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Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

A Middle Way between West and East

By: Nicolas Berggruen,Nathan Gardels

For decades, liberal democracy has been extolled as the best system of governance to have emerged out of the long experience of history. Today, such a confident assertion is far from self-evident. Democracy, in crisis across the West, must prove itself. In the West today, the authors argue, we no longer live in "industrial democracies," but "consumer democracies" in which the governing ethos has ended up drowning households and governments in debt and resulted in paralyzing partisanship. In contrast, the long-term focus of the decisive and unified leadership of China is boldly moving its nation into the future. But China also faces challenges arising from its meteoric rise. Its burgeoning middle class will increasingly demand more participation, accountability of government, curbing corruption and the rule of law. As the 21st Century unfolds, both of these core systems of the global order must contend with the same reality: a genuinely multi-polar world where no single power dominates and in which societies themselves are becoming increasingly diverse. The authors argue that a new system of "intelligent governance" is required to meet these new challenges. To cope, the authors argue that both East and West can benefit by adapting each other’s best practices. Examining this in relation to widely varying political and cultural contexts, the authors quip that while China must lighten up, the US must tighten up. This highly timely volume is both a conceptual and practical guide of impressive scope to the challenges of good governance as the world continues to undergo profound transformation in the coming decades.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745663583

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9780745663586

American Idol After Iraq

Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age

By: Nathan Gardels,Mike Medavoy

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American Idol After Iraq

Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age

By: Nathan Gardels,Mike Medavoy

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreignpolicy, not only at the present moment, but with an eye to thefuture. Written by a veteran Hollywood film executive and aninternationally known columnist in foreign affairs Explains how American movies, TV shows, and pop music providethe images of America to the rest of the world, and the rest of theworld to Americans Includes discussions of the cartoons of the Prophet MohammedDanish daily newspapers, Tibetan monks censored out of Chinese TVnews reports only to show up on You Tube, and the Vatican's assaulton the Da Vinci Code movie Argues that Hollywood is a key player in the 'deep coalition'required to support a 'smart power' foreign policy and build aglobal cultural infrastructure that will make the world safe forinterdependence

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144431050X

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Renovating Democracy

Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism

By: Nathan Gardels,Nicolas Berggruen

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Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism

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American Idol After Iraq

Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age

By: Nathan Gardels,Mike Medavoy

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Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age

By: Nathan Gardels,Mike Medavoy

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Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

A Middle Way between West and East

By: Nicolas Berggruen,Nathan Gardels

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A Middle Way between West and East

By: Nicolas Berggruen,Nathan Gardels

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Renovating Democracy

Renovating Democracy

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

American Idol After Iraq

American Idol After Iraq

Renovating Democracy

Renovating Democracy

American Idol After Iraq

American Idol After Iraq

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

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