This volume presents key debates about globalization 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 globalization 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...
This volume presents key debates about globalization and links them with the growing, related discussion of the possible development of global democra...
How can democracy facilitate an effective response to the problem of global warming? Barry Holden discusses this question from two perspectives. First he looks at the suitability in principle of democratic decision-making for generating responses to the problem: to what extent is popular decision making a viable method of dealing with the complex matter of global warming? Second, he looks at the issue of whether, or to what extent, democracy can exist on a supranational scale, since according to received ideas, democracy occurs only within states and has not been thought applicable to the...
How can democracy facilitate an effective response to the problem of global warming? Barry Holden discusses this question from two perspectives. Fi...
