{"product_id":"democracy-sham-by-bryan-gould","title":"The Democracy Sham by Bryan Gould","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Democracy Sham: How Globalisation Devalues Your Vote, Bryan Gould considers the impact of the global economy on the democratic process in a number of countries, including New Zealand and Britain. He shows that international capital is, by virtue of its freedom to move at will across national boundaries, now able to dictate to democratic parties and elected governments the economic and other policies they can and cannot pursue. The result is that the political choice offered to voters has, without their realising it, been narrowed and constrained and the voice of the left has been muted and virtually extinguished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBryan Gould explains the development of the global economy and the reasons for its current hegemony. He shows that the orthodox justifications for globalisation – that it has delivered better economic and other outcomes for both the world economy and individual countries – cannot be supported, and that it has, on the contrary, produced a global slowdown and unsustainable inequalities and instabilities on both the international and domestic scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe looks at the political implications of what he describes as an historic shift in the balance of power between capital and labour, and at the failure of parties of the left to mount any effective resistance. He concludes by considering the steps that could and should be taken to restore balanced and sustainable economic development in the world economy and a fully democratic choice to voters in countries as diverse as New Zealand and the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43279844180042,"sku":"6246g","price":11.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6246g.jpg?v=1770155735","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/democracy-sham-by-bryan-gould","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}