Held Democracy and the Global Order

From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7745-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosophical analysis of the nature and prospects of democracy today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Held, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction. .
1. Stories of Democracy: Old and New.
Part II: Analysis: The Formation and Displacement of theModern State.
2. The Emergence of Sovereignty and the Modern State.
3. The Development of the Nation-State and the Entrenchment ofDemocracy.
4. The Inter-State System.
5. Democracy, the Nation-State and the Global Order I.
6. Democracy, the Nation-State and the Global Order II.
Part III: Reconstruction: Foundations of Democracy. .
7. Rethinking Democracy.
8. Sites of Power, Problems of Democracy.
9. Democracy and the Democratic Good.
Part IV: Elaboration and Advocacy: CosmopolitanDemocracy. .
10. Political Community and the Cosmopolitan Order.
11. Markets, Private Property and Cosmopolitan DemocraticLaw.
12. Cosmopolitan Democracy and the New International Order.
References and Select Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science