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This volume elaborates on a number of issues that seem particular important for the people in Central and Eastern Europe: the development and working of democracy, the public support for, legitimacy and efficacy of democracy and the free market economy, a.

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Mike Wallace in his book 'The Way We Will Be in 50 Years From Today: 60 of the World's Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next half Century'. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Mike Wallace's book.Wallace puts forward the answer of today's top scientists, doctors, philosophers, and thinkers to the question: Where will we be in 50 years and what will be the state of the world?

"Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses on, ♯d︢emocratic deficits, ♯ ̮reflecting how far the perceived democratic performance of any state diverges from public expectations. Pippa Norris examines the symptoms by comparing system support in more than fifty societies worldwide, challenging the pervasive claim that most established democracies have experienced a steadily rising tide of political disaffection during the third-wave era. The book diagnoses the reasons behind the democratic deficit, including demand (rising public aspirations for democracy), information (negative news about government), and supply (the performance and structure of democratic regimes). Finally, Norris examines the consequences for active citizenship, for governance, and ultimately, for democratization. This book provides fresh insights into major issues at the heart of comparative politics, public opinion, political culture, political behavior, democratic governance, political psychology, political communications, public policymaking, comparative sociology, cross-national survey analysis, and the dynamics of the democratization process"--

Introduction : rule of law dynamics in an era of international and transnational governance / Michael Zurn, Andre Nollkaemper, Randy Peerenboom -- Part I. Rule of law at the international, national, and transnational levels -- Measuring the quality of rule of law : virtues, perils, results / Wolfgang Merkel -- International law and the rule of law at the national level / Helmut Philipp Aust and Georg Nolte -- Constraining international authority through the rule of law : legitimatory potential and political dynamics / Tim Gemkow and Michael Zürn -- New modes of governance and the rule of law : the case of transnational rule-making / Gunnar Folke Schuppert -- Part II. Actors : strategies and responses -- A comparison of the rule of law promotion policies of major western powers / Frank Schimmelfennig -- Rule of law promotion through international organizations and NGOs / Monika Heupel -- Combating transnational crime : the role of learning and norm diffusion in the current rule of law wave / Paulette Lloyd, Beth Simmons and Brandon Stewart -- Rule of law challenges in middle income countries and donor approaches to addressing them / Linn Hammergren -- Civil-military cooperation in building the rule of law / Tilmann Röder -- Developing a theoretical framework for evaluating rule of law promotion in developing countries / John Gillespie -- Rule of law promotion after conflict : experimenting in t he Kosovo laboratory / Richard Zajac Sannerholm -- The ICC's intervention in Uganda : which rule of law does it promote? / Sarah Nouwen -- Conclusion : from rule of law p romotion to rule of law dynamics / Randall Peerenboom, Michael Zürn and André Nollkaemper

The world in numbers -- Economic indices -- Human development index -- Ecological footprint -- Environmental performance index -- Poverty, inequality and vulnerability indices -- Happy planet index -- Corruption perception index -- Seeking relationships -- Where are we going?