This book is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. It contains a collection of analytical studies of va

Democratic governance is a system of government wherein the actions of institutions are directed by democratic norms and processes. It encompasses political plu

Democratic and consolidated states are taken as the model for effective rule-making and service provision. In contrast, this book argues that good governance is

Proposes a new democratic theory, rooted in activity not consent, and intrinsically related to historical understandings of power and ethics.

This volume, the result of an ongoing Nordic research project undertaken under the auspices of the Danish Centre for Human Rights in Copenhagen and the Raoul Wa