If Mayors Ruled the World

A provocative and original book which argues that the nation-state has become democratically dysfunctional and obsolete, and it is cities and the mayors that run them that are doing a better job in the face of the challenges of our time: climate change, terrorism, poverty and trafficking.

Benjamin R. Barber is senior research scholar at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, the Graduate Center, the City University of New York. He is also president and founder of the Interdependence Movement and the author of seventeen books, including Jihad vs. McWorld and Strong Democracy. Barber's project for a Global Parliament of Mayors has attracted scores of urban leaders and intercity networks and is on course for a pilot convening in 2016. He lives in New York City.