The Democracy Deficit: Taming Globalization Through Law Reform

by Alfred C. Aman Jr.

Economic globalization has had a chilling effect on democracy since markets now do some of the work that governments used to do through the political process. More than two decades of deregulation have made a healthy economy appear to depend on unrestrained markets. But appearances are misleading--globalization is also a legal and political process. The future of democracy in the twenty-first century depends on the ability of citizens to reclaim...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814707009
• ISBN13: 9780814707005
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"