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Democracy and Crisis

Democratising Governance in the Twenty-First Century

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  1. Benjamin Isakhan

    1. Centre for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University, Australia

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  2. Steven Slaughter

    1. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Crisis and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century

    1. Introduction: Crisis and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century

      • Benjamin Isakhan, Steven Slaughter
      Pages 1-22

  3. Reconsidering Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Decentering Governance: A Democratic Turn?

      • Mark Bevir
      Pages 25-43

    3. The Democratic Accountability of Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector

      • Jacob Torfing
      Pages 44-67

  5. Transitional and Transnational Attempts to Democratise Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Democratising Governance after the Arab Revolutions: The People, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Governance Networks of Egypt

      • Benjamin Isakhan
      Pages 149-165

    3. WikiLeaks and the Limits of Representative Democracy and Transnational Democratisation

      • Steven Slaughter
      Pages 166-185

  6. Global Governance and Democratic Crises

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Global Governance, Constitutionalism and Democracy

      • Roland Axtmann
      Pages 189-208

    3. Global Unionism and Global Governance

      • Andrew Vandenberg
      Pages 209-228

    4. Climate Crisis and the Limits of Liberal Democracy? Germany, Australia and India Compared

      • James Goodman, Tom Morton
      Pages 229-252

    5. Conclusion: The Future of Democratic Governance

      • Benjamin Isakhan, Steven Slaughter
      Pages 253-263

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 264-273
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About this book

Recent years have seen constant reports on the failures of governance and the crisis of democracy. By examining cases like Global Financial Crisis, the Arab Revolutions and Wikileaks this volume highlights tensions between governance and democracy during times of crisis and examines the prospects of democratising governance in the 21st Century.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University, Australia

    Benjamin Isakhan

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia

    Steven Slaughter

About the editors

Roland Axtmann, Swansea University, UK Mark Bevir University of California at Berkeley, USA Daniel Bray La Trobe University, Australia Natalie J. DoyleMonash University, Australia Matthias Goldmann Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany James Goodman, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Tom Morton, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Roderic Pitty University of Western Australia Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University, Denmark Andrew Vandenberg, Deakin University, Australia

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