Democracy Rising
Democracy Rising
Assessing the Global Challenges
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Bind: Hardbound
Year: 2007
Pages: 184
Size: 153 x 229 mm
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
This timely assessment of both the progress toward democratic governance globally and the significant challenges that democracies face is the outcome of a workshop organized by the Community of Democracies. The Community is a group of more than a hundred countries devoted to the spread and consolidation of democracy around the world.
Target Audience:
Students and academicians of political science, United Nations members, policy makers, etc.
Contents:
Introduction: The Growing Community of Democracies • Part 1: Democracy Today • Building Democracy • Democratic Governance: Linking the Security and Development Agendas • Promoting Democracy: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric • The State of Democratic Governance: Achievements and Challenges • Part 2: Democracy in the Regions • Democracy in Asia and the Pacific • Commentary on Democracy in Asia and the Pacific • Democracy in Africa • Commentary on Democracy in Africa • Democracy in the Arab World • Commentary on Democracy in the Arab World • Democracy in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States • Commentary on Democracy in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States • Democracy in Latin America • Commentary on Democracy in Latin America • Part 3: The Future of Democracy • Democracy and Globalization: The Beginning of History • Democracy and "The End of History" Revisited Appendixes • The Warsaw Declaration • The Seoul Plan of Action • The Santiago Ministerial Commitment • Index.
About the Author:
Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz is the permanent representative of Chile to the United Nations and professor at the Institute of International Studies at the University of Chile. He has also served as deputy foreign minister and minister secretary-general of the Government of Chile. His most recent publication in English is the coedited volume Latin American Nations in World politics.
