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.

Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism (Volume 1) (Great Transformations)

Berggruen, Nicolas

Gardels, Nathan

Reference

University of California Press

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East

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.

Legal Theory & Systems

Polity

American Idol After Iraq: Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreign policy, not only at the present moment, but with an eye to the future. 
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<li>Written by a veteran Hollywood film executive and an internationally known columnist in foreign affairs</li> <li>Explains how American movies, TV shows, and pop music provide the images of America to the rest of the world, and the rest of the world to Americans</li> <li>Includes discussions of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Danish daily newspapers, Tibetan monks censored out of Chinese TV news reports only to show up on You Tube, and the Vatican's assault on the Da Vinci Code movie</li> <li>Argues that Hollywood is a key player in the 'deep coalition' required to support a 'smart power' foreign policy and build a global cultural infrastructure that will make the world safe for interdependence</li> </ul>

Humor & Entertainment

Medavoy, Mike

Movies

Wiley/Blackwell

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreign policy, not only at the present moment, but with an eye to the future.  Written by a veteran Hollywood film executive and an internationally known columnist in foreign affairs Explains how American movies, TV shows, and pop music provide the images of America to the rest of the world, and the rest of the world to Americans Includes discussions of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Danish daily newspapers, Tibetan monks censored out of Chinese TV news reports only to show up on You Tube, and the Vatican's assault on 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 a global cultural infrastructure that will make the world safe for interdependence

From the Back Cover\n“Esta propuesta de Gardels y Berggruen para la construcción de un futuro sostenible debería ser un material esencial en el ineludible debate global sobre la persecución de la justicia y la armonía en esta nueva etapa que comienza para la historia humana.” MANUEL CASTELLS, ministro de Universidades del Gobierno de España desde 2020, sociólogo y profesor emérito de la Universidad de California, Berkeley. “Comparto con los autores de este libro su planteamiento y análisis respecto a las paradojas que caracterizan la gobernanza en la era digital. (…)En estos momentos duros en los que la pandemia ha puesto en evidencia las costuras de las estructuras del capitalismo y de la economía de mercado, en los que hay aspectos de nuestra vida ordinaria que son ya distintos y que es posible que nos modifiquen para siempre, es necesario buscar nuevas formas de unión para crear nuevas categorías y nuevos enfoques que nos permitan enfrentarnos a esos conflictos que ya teníamos y que en esta situación se intensifican de manera notable. FELIPE GONZÁLEZ, expresidente del Gobierno de España (1982-1996). “En esta obra se combinan un sagaz análisis sobre los desafíos que las instituciones políticas y económicas tradicionales deben afrontar en el futuro digital con un conjunto de novedosas ideas para abordarlos.” FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, profesor en la Universidad de Stanford, autor de El fin de la historia e Identidad, entre otros títulos. “Este es uno de los análisis más significativos publicados hasta ahora sobre las tensiones y las presiones que amenazan a la democracia en la era digital.” ANTHONY GIDDENS, profesor emérito de Sociología y exdirector de la London School of Economics. “Esta obra nos invita a reflexionar sobre cómo podemos reformar las instituciones y gobernar en una era que será definida por la Cuarta Revolución Industrial y el ascenso de China.” HELLE THORNING-SCHMIDT, exprimera ministra de Dinamarca (2011-2015). “Este libro es una llamada al compromiso intelectual y humanitario para remodelar la gobernanza del mundo en el que vivimos.” FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO, expresidente de Brasil (1995-2003). “El marco intelectual de este libro es convincente, el análisis, agudo, y las propuestas derrochan inteligencia, son prácticas y van dirigidas al futuro inmediato.” FAREED ZAKARIA, presentador de la CNN, columnista del Washington Post y autor de In Defense of a Liberal Education. “Los autores ofrecen unos antídotos excelentes contra la polarización y la parálisis que amenazan a nuestra sociedad.” WALTER ISAACSON, profesor de Historia en la Universidad de Tulane, autor de Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, entre otros títulos. “Este libro es una contribución erudita y original.” YASCHA MOUNK, profesor asociado de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, Washington D.C., autor de El pueblo contra la democracia. “El objetivo de este trabajo es conciliar el poder de la participación directa con los valores igualmente necesarios del debate, el pluralismo y el compromiso.” REID HOFFMAN, cofundador de LinkedIn. “Una llamada de atención a la industria tecnológica que sienta los fundamentos filosóficos de lo que habría que hacer. WAEL GHONIM, activista de Internet y emprendedor.

Renovar la democracia: Gobernar en la era de la globalización y del capitalismo digital

Politics & Social Sciences

González, Felipe

Politics & Government

Nola Editores

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