Democracy Without Borders

Author : Marc F. Plattner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742559262

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Democracy Without Borders? by Marc F. Plattner Pdf

Democracy Without Borders? assesses the worldwide prospects of liberal democracy. In an era of globalization and in an intellectual climate in which the idea of national sovereignty is under assault, Plattner identifies the essential features of modern liberal democracy and offers guidance about what is required to sustain it. This examination comes at a critical moment. After three decades of global advance, liberal democracy today is being challenged from many quarters. Among the reasons why its future looks cloudy is the popular election of candidates hostile to liberalism_in Palestine, Russia, Venezuela, and elsewhere. An investigation of the complex and tension-filled relationship between liberalism and majority rule is at the heart of this essential book. PlattnerOs contention is that liberalism needs democracy and that liberal democracy needs the nation-state. He argues that transnational bodies like the European Union cannot overcome their 'democratic deficit.' Hence he recommends an approach that will enable the United States to promote international cooperation without sacrificing the fundamental elements of national sovereignty or American democracy.

Author : Jean Grugel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134652433

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Democracy without Borders by Jean Grugel Pdf

This book carves out a new area of democratisation studies by analysing the transnational dimension and the role of non state actors across three different geographical regions. Chapters utilise empirical data from Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Author : Maja Brauer,Andreas Bummel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3942282178

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A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly by Maja Brauer,Andreas Bummel Pdf

The creation of a UN Parliamentary Assembly as an initial step towards a world parliament is a key goal of Democracy Without Borders. This study examines the proposal and presents official recommendations

Author : Jo Leinen,Andreas Bummel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3942282135

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A World Parliament by Jo Leinen,Andreas Bummel Pdf

Global challenges such as war, climate change, poverty and inequality are overwhelming nation-states and today's international institutions. Achieving a world community that is peaceful, just and sustainable requires a democratic world parliament. This book describes the history, relevance and practical steps to implement this monumental project.

Author : James Bohman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262261937

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Democracy across Borders by James Bohman Pdf

An innovative conception of democracy for an era of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the nation-state: rule by peoples across borders rather than by "the people" within a fixed jurisdiction. Today democracy is both exalted as the "best means to realize human rights" and seen as weakened because of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the nation-state. In this provocative book, James Bohman argues that democracies face a period of renewal and transformation and that democracy itself needs redefinition according to a new transnational ideal. Democracy, he writes, should be rethought in the plural; it should no longer be understood as rule by the people (dêmos), singular, with a specific territorial identification and connotation, but as rule by peoples (dêmoi), across national boundaries. Bohman shows that this new conception of transnational democracy requires reexamination of such fundamental ideas as the people, the public, citizenship, human rights, and federalism, and he argues that it offers a feasible approach to realizing democracy in a globalized world. In his account, Bohman establishes the conceptual foundations of transnational democracy by examining in detail current theories of democracy beyond the nation-state (including those proposed by Rawls, Habermas, Held, and Dryzek) and offers a deliberative alternative. He considers the importance of communicative freedom in the transnational public sphere (including networked communication over the Internet), human rights as the normative basis of transnational democracy, and the European Union as a transnational polity. Finally, he examines the relationship between peace and democracy, concluding that peace requires democratization on interacting state and suprastate levels.

Author : Andrew Kuper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:145793841

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Democracy Beyond Borders by Andrew Kuper Pdf

Author : Andrew Kuper
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199291656

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Democracy Beyond Borders:Justice and Representation in Global Institutions by Andrew Kuper Pdf

Global institutions exercise unprecedented power, yet they are often unaccountable to the people they claim to serve. From the hallowed halls of the United Nations to the closed boardrooms of multinational corporations, decisions are made that impact on all our lives, but are not necessarily governed by democratic principles. How can we ensure that global leaders act responsively and effectively in the interests of global citizens? How can global institutions be transformed tocreate security and development for all? In this lucid and provocative book, Andrew Kuper provides compelling and practical answers.Democracy Beyond Borders begins with a reassessment of the basic philosophical foundations of global order. In a critical dialogue with John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas, the world's most influential political philosophers, Kuper exposes the flawed assumption that nation-states should be the only fundamental political units. He develops instead a theory of global justice that also harnesses the capabilities of non-state actors - such as corporations, non-governmental organizations, andcivil society networks. The book shows how these powerful actors can be brought into "multi-level governance" with states as key partners for change.Yet in the absence of global elections, how can these actors be made accountable for their policies and actions? Kuper presents a startling and original theory of representation to answer this challenge. He articulates a new separation of powers, where different global actors check and balance one another in a complex harmony. This radical yet feasible vision makes it possible to recommend far-reaching reforms to the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the UnitedNations, and advocacy agencies such as Transparency International, among others.Impressive in its scope and inventiveness, Democracy Beyond Borders stands at the forefront of a new generation of political thought, for which globalization is the challenge and deepening democracy the solution.

Author : Johan Karlsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Democracy
ISBN : NWU:35556040778979

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Democrats Without Borders by Johan Karlsson Pdf

Author : James Organ,Ben Murphy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 394228216X

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A Voice for Global Citizens by James Organ,Ben Murphy Pdf

This report, published on behalf of the international Campaign for a UN World Citizens' Initiative, recommends that the United Nations should strengthen its democratic legitimacy and its connection to global citizens by enabling them to put proposals on the UN's agenda if they mobilize sufficient support from across the world.

Author : James Bohman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Democracy
ISBN : OCLC:1347684467

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Democracy Across Borders by James Bohman Pdf

Author : James Bohman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Democracy
ISBN : OCLC:501332722

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Democracy Across Borders by James Bohman Pdf

Author : Dena Freeman
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780500775622

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Can Globalization Succeed? (The Big Idea Series) (The Big Idea Series) by Dena Freeman Pdf

A lively examination of the effects of neoliberal globalization, its ability to adapt, and its potential to survive the antiglobalization and nationalist backlash. The expansion of capitalism and neoliberal ideologies have delivered economic integration between countries and brought global inter-connectedness to individuals. So why do so many people now feel that they are citizens of nowhere, disparaged by the cosmopolitan elites? Has democracy and the power of nation states been irredeemably weakened by unfettered global finance, opaque forms of global governance, and the power of transnational corporations? Can the huge rise in social and economic inequality be reversed? Can diverse cultural expression be maintained in a globalizing world? In the context of the current nationalist backlash and the momentous impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, this thought-provoking volume considers whether globalization is dead or whether it will survive, and perhaps transform. Written in a clear and engaging style, the volume traces the development of economic globalization starting from the first wave of colonialization in the 15th century, through the first period of globalization at the end of the 19th century, and up to the contemporary period of globalization that started in the 1980s and appears today to be teetering on the brink of collapse. It explores the impacts of globalization on today’s world, from global supply chains and tax havens to rising economic inequality, climate change and pandemics, and assesses the different impacts on rich and poor countries, and on the rich and poor within countries. It then reviews the growing anti-globalization sentiment, starting from the anti-IMF protests that raged through developing countries in the 1980s and 1990s, to the emergence of the transnational anti-globalization movement of the 2000s, to more recent uprisings such as the Arab Spring, The Occupy Movement, the Gilets Jaunes, and to the current populist nationalist backlash led by President Trump and embodied in the 2016 Brexit vote. Sensing that globalization has reached a tipping point, the book considers a range of possible scenarios for the future world order, including nationalism, authoritarianism and democratic globalism. Finally, it explores whether globalization can be democratized in a world in which effective and inclusive global governance is crucial to solving global problems, such as tackling climate change, controlling global pandemics and upholding universal human rights.

Author : Alexander A. Cooley,John Heathershaw
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300222098

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Dictators Without Borders by Alexander A. Cooley,John Heathershaw Pdf

A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia’s international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security. Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia’s supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored.

Author : Stein Rokkan
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198280323

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State Formation, Nation-building, and Mass Politics in Europe by Stein Rokkan Pdf

Stein Rokkan was one of the leading social scientists of the post-war world. He was a prolific writer, yet nowhere is his contribution to social science - the conceptual and developmental map of Europe - presented in an integrated and systematic way. Stein Rokkan had plans to do this butdied before the work could be started. Drawing on Rokkan's published, unpublished, and translated writings, this book systematizes and integrates Rokkan's numerous writings in the way he wanted to do himself.

Author : Abdeslam Maghraoui
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822338386

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Liberalism Without Democracy by Abdeslam Maghraoui Pdf

This analysis of the failure of efforts to achieve liberal reform in Egypt following its independence from Great Britain in 1922 has implications for modern-day nation-building efforts in the Mideast.