'This is an ambitious, well conceived, and important book that brings together normative and empirical perspectives on the notion of global democracy. The best scholars in the field illuminate the need to democratize international authority and analyze both the opportunities and limits of such an endeavor.' Michael Zürn, Director, The Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), and Professor for International Relations, Free University of Berlin
1. Introduction: mapping global democracy Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi and Raffaele Marchetti; 2. Models of global democracy: in defence of cosmo-federalism Raffaele Marchetti; 3. Citizens or stakeholders? Exclusion, equality and legitimacy in global stakeholder democracy Terry Macdonald; 4. Is democratic legitimacy possible for international institutions? Thomas Christiano; 5. Cosmopolitan democracy: neither a category mistake nor a categorical imperative Andreas Follesdal; 6. Regional versus global democracy: advantages and limitations Carol C. Gould; 7. Towards the metamorphosis of the United Nations: a proposal for establishing global democracy Tim Murithi; 8. Flexible government for a globalized world Bruno S. Frey; 9. Global democracy and domestic analogies Mathias Koenig-Archibugi; 10. Global democracy for a partially joined-up world: toward a multi-level system of public power and democratic governance? Kate Macdonald; 11. Civil society and global democracy: an assessment Jonas Tallberg and Anders Uhlin; 12. Global capitalism and global democracy: subverting the other? B. S. Chimni; 13. From peace between democracies to global democracy Daniele Archibugi; 14. The promise and perils of global democracy Richard A. Falk.
