Description
Book Synopsisaeo Examines the impact of transnational forces on political life and, in the light of this, generates a new agenda for world politics today. aeo Highly original and far--reaching account of how democracy can be recast to meet the challenges of new global forces -- e.g.
Trade Review"Extending democracy beyond borders is what I advocated throughout my mandate at the UN. This fascinating book tells us that while transnational democracy is still a utopian fantasy it may be the reality of tomorrow."
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations "This outstanding contribution to political thought shows how, in the contemporary world, domestic democracy and transnational democracy have become two sides of the same coin. Without both, democracy has no future." Norberto Bobbio, University of Turin
"Impressive volume." Foreign Affairs
"All the most important thinkers on cosmopolitan democracy are included and there is not a duff esay in the book ... for those of us interested in the developing literature on the transnationalization of democracy the book is a gem and should become a staple reference point in a continuing debate." International Affairs
Table of ContentsList of Contributors.
Introduction Daniele Archibugi, David Held and Martin Köhler.
Part 1. The Transformation of the Interstate System.
1. Democracy and Globalization: David Held.
2. Governance and Democracy in a Globalizing World: James N. Rosenau.
3. Human Rights as a Model for Cosmopolitan Democracy: David Beetham.
4. The Global Democracy Deficit: an Essay in International Law and its Limits: James Crawford and Susan Marks.
5. Reconceptualizing Organized Violence: Mary Kaldor.
Part II: Citizenship, Sovereignty and Transnational Democracy. .
6. Citizenship and Sovereignty in the post-Westphalian European State: Andrew Linklater.
7. Citizenship in the EU - A Paradigm for Transnational Democracy?: Ulrich K. Preuss.
8. Between Cosmopolis and Community: Three Models of Rights and Democracy within the European Union: Richard Bellamy and Dario Castiglione.
9. Community Identity and World Citizenship: Janna Thompson.
10. Principles of Cosmopolitan Democracy: Daniele Archibugi.
Part III: The Prospects of Cosmopolitan Democracy. .
11. From the National to the Cosmopolitan Public Sphere: Martin Kohler.
12. Refugees: a Special Case for Cosmopolitan Citizenship?: Pierre Hassner.
13. Global Security Problems and the Challenge to Democratic Process: Gwyn Prins and Elizabeth Sellwood.
14. Democracy in the United Nations System; Cosmopolitan and Communitarian Principles: Derk Bienen, Volker Rittberger and Wolfgang Wagner.
15. The United Nations and Cosmopolitan Democracy: Bad Dream, Utopian Fantasy, Political Project: Richard Falk.
Index.
