If Mayors Ruled the World
Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
by Benjmin R. Barber
Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
by Benjmin R. Barber
- Auteur(s)
- Benjamin R. Barber
- Uitgever
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2013
- Omvang
- 418 p., 24 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780300164671
Is the nation-state, once democracy's best hope, today democratically dysfunctional? Obsolete? The answer, says Benjamin Barber is yes. Cities and the mayors who run them can do and are doing a better job. Barber cites the unique qualities cities worldwide share: pragmatism, civic trust, participation, indifference to borders and sovereignty, and a democratic penchant for networking, creativity, innovation, and cooperation. He demonstrates how city mayors, singly and jointly, are responding to transnational problems more effectively than nation-states mired in ideological infighting and sovereign rivalries.
