The Democracy Sham

Bryan Gould

ISBN 10: 1877333506 / ISBN 13: 9781877333507

Published by Craig Potton Publishing, 2006

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Democracy Sham
• Publisher: Craig Potton Publishing
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1877333506
• ISBN 13: 9781877333507
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
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  • Politics