Cynthia Kaufman (USA De Anza College)

Challenging Power

Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781350139053
• ISBN-10: 135013905X
• Artikelnr.: 57095382

Autorenporträt

Cynthia Kaufman is the Director of the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action at De Anza College, USA, where she also teaches Philosophy. She is the author of two books on social change Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope (2012) and Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change (2003). She is a lifelong activist for social change and has worked on issues such as tenants' rights, police abuse, union organizing, international politics, and most recently climate change.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. States of Irresponsibility: Rana Plaza, Accountability, and Power
2. The Ethics of Accountability Democracy
3. The Politics of Accountability Democracy
4. The Powers that need to be held to Account
5. Accountability
6. Developing Effective Accountability Mechanisms
7. Building Accountability Democracy
8. Acting Well in a Traumatized World
Index