Isbn: 9781877333507 - the democracy sham: how globalisation devalues your vote (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Successive governments in New Zealand and around the world would have us believe that globalisation is both inevitable and desirable and that it has produced better economic and societal outcomes than we would have otherwise seen. However, is this really the case? In The Democracy Sham, Bryan Gould explores both the New Zealand and British experience of the global economy and details the way that international corporate power has tightened its grip over the past 25 years or so. He looks at both the dubious economic benefits of globalisation and the serious erosion of the ability of voters to influence what their governments do, as they buckle under the pressure from global corporations to implement monetarist economic policies. Gould argues for a rational and reasonable adjustment to the current orthodoxy and for a new generation of political leaders that will recognise what has gone wrong and have the courage to remedy it, a view that stems from his belief that it is the role of all politicians to identify and counteract concentrations of power that threaten the functioning of democracy. The Democracy Sham is an important book. It provides a clear and succinct critique of New Zealand economic policy since the mid 1980s, and offers a highly informed perspective on what can be done to loosen the grip that big business and the global economy have on our economic policy, our political system and indeed our daily lives. Small section of the top edge of the cover is frayed, otherwise excellent condition. 175 pages.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 175 pages. Light tanning In The Democracy Sham: How Globalisation Devalues Your Vote, Bryan Gould cons iders the impact of the global economy on the democratic process in a number of countries, including New Zealand and Britain. He shows that international capita l is, by virtue of its freedom to move at will across national boundaries, now a ble to dictate to democratic parties and elected governments the economic and ot her policies they can and cannot pursue. The result is that the political choice offered to voters has, without their realising it, been narrowed and constraine d and the voice of the left has been muted and virtually extinguished. yan Gould explains the development of the global economy and the reasons for its current hegemony. He shows that the orthodox justifications for globalisation ? ?? that it has delivered better economic and other outcomes for both the world e conomy and individual countries ? cannot be supported, and that it has, on the contrary, produced a global slowdown and unsustainable inequalities and instabi lities on both the international and domestic scale. tical implications of what he describes as an historic shift in the balance of p ower between capital and labour, and at the failure of parties of the left to mo unt any effective resistance. He concludes by considering the steps that could a nd should be taken to restore balanced and sustainable economic development in t he world economy and a fully democratic choice to voters in countries as diverse as New Zealand and the United Kingdom.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 172 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.55 inches. In Stock.