Democracy under stress : : The global crisis and beyond / / Ursula J. van Beek, Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski

• HerausgeberIn: van Beek, Ursula J. Prof. Dr.; Wnuk-Lipinski, Edmund Prof. Dr.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 pages) :; illustrations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 3866495803
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ursula J. van Beek, Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski

This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are global democratic rules a possibility? These are some of the key questions addressed in the volume.