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Book SynopsisIntroduces and explores the varieties of democratic imaginations and visions, past and present
Trade ReviewA wide-ranging and thought-provoking survey of key problems of contemporary democratic politics. Axtmann applies democratic theory in a fresh and illuminating way to the hotly-debated issues of sovereignty, human rights and multicultural politics -- Dr. John Schwarzmantel, University of Leeds A wide-ranging and thought-provoking survey of key problems of contemporary democratic politics. Axtmann applies democratic theory in a fresh and illuminating way to the hotly-debated issues of sovereignty, human rights and multicultural politics
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Preface; 1. Kant's Republicanism and the Cosmopolitan Persuasion; Kant's Republicanism and the 'Moral Personality' of States; The Sovereign Equality of States, Peaceful Coexistence and the International Constitution; Kant's Cosmopolitanism; Cicero's Republicanism and Stoic Cosmopolitanism: Kant in Comparison; John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas: Alternative Ways of Understanding Kant's Cosmopolitanism; 2. The Languages of Human Rights and the Liberal Dialect; The Many Voices of the Human Rights Discourse; Human Rights as the New Standard of Civilisation; Human Rights and Democracy: Liberal Perspectives; 3. The Globalisation of Democracy: The Right to Democratic Governance; The Entitlement to Democratic Governance in International Law and International Politics; The Ideology of Democracy Promotion; Excursus: Prerequisites and Causes of Democratisation; 4. Sovereignty and Democracy; Conceptual Distinctions; The Politics of the Sovereignty Discourse; 'Domestic Sovereignty' as 'Popular Sovereignty'; 5. Liberal Democracy between Multiculturalism and Globalisation; From 'Demos' to 'Demoi': Multiculturalism and Democracy; Globalisation and Democracy; Bibliography; Index.
