Global Democracy : Key Debates

ISBN-13: 9780415198783 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 236 str.

Barry Holden;Barry Holden

Opis

This text presents the key debates about globalisation and links them with the growing, related discussion of the possible development of global democracy.
The first part of the book brings together three major theorists and three critiques of their work - David Held on the potential advantages of globalisation for the furtherance of democracy; Paul Hirst questioning the idea of globalisation and Danilo Zolo on the need for some kind of international governance. The second part of the book looks at structures and processes, such as the UN, global civil society, state sovereignty, the EU and democratisation from major thinkers such as Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
This book provides exposition and critical examination of the latest thinking of leading authorities in the newly important fields of globalisation and global democracy. It will be a valuable textbook and resource for students of International Relations, Politics, Political Theory, and those taking courses in democratisation and globalisation.

Recenzje

'This volume is not only invaluable to researchers in globalization and democracy, but is also an excellent textbook for students seeking an entry point into this very timely and important topic.' - Canadian Journal of Political Science

Spis treści

Introduction, Barry Holden; Part 1 Part I Theoretical issues; Chapter 1 The changing contours of political community, David Held; Chapter 2 A critique of Held, Michael Saward; Chapter 3 Global myths and national policies, Paul Hirst, Grahame Thompson; Chapter 4 Hirst and Thompson's ‘Global myths and national policies’, Jonathan Perraton; Chapter 5 The lords of peace, Danilo Zolo; Chapter 6 Neither cosmopolitanism nor realism, Tony Coates; Part 2 Part II Structures and processes; Chapter 7 An agenda for democratization, Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Chapter 8 The United Nations as an agency of global democracy, Daniele Archibugi, Sveva Balduini, Marco Donati; Chapter 9 Alternative models for global democracy, Johan Galtung; Chapter 10 Global civil society and the democratic prospect, Richard Falk; Chapter 11 Globalization, sovereignty and policy-making, Jonathan Golub; Globalization and democracy — an afterword, Richard Bellamy, R. J. Barry Jones; Index;

O autorze

Barry Holden is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Reading. He is the author of The Nature of Democracy, Understanding Liberal Democracy, 2nd edition, and edited The Ethical Dimensions of Global Change.