
Democracy across Borders
From Demos to Demoi
James Bohman(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 31. March 2010
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Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-262-51410-1 (ISBN)
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An innovative conception of democracy for an era of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the nation-state: rule by peoples across borders rather than by "the people" within a fixed jurisdiction.Today democracy is both exalted as the "best means to realize human rights" and seen as weakened because of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the nation-state. In this provocative book, James Bohman argues that democracies face a period of renewal and transformation and that democracy itself needs redefinition according to a new transnational ideal. Democracy, he writes, should be rethought in the plural; it should no longer be understood as rule by the people (dêmos), singular, with a specific territorial identification and connotation, but as rule by peoples (dêmoi), across national boundaries. Bohman shows that this new conception of transnational democracy requires reexamination of such fundamental ideas as the people, the public, citizenship, human rights, and federalism, and he argues that it offers a feasible approach to realizing democracy in a globalized world.In his account, Bohman establishes the conceptual foundations of transnational democracy by examining in detail current theories of democracy beyond the nation-state (including those proposed by Rawls, Habermas, Held, and Dryzek) and offers a deliberative alternative. He considers the importance of communicative freedom in the transnational public sphere (including networked communication over the Internet), human rights as the normative basis of transnational democracy, and the European Union as a transnational polity. Finally, he examines the relationship between peace and democracy, concluding that peace requires democratization on interacting state and suprastate levels.
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English
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Cambridge, Mass.
United States
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MIT Press Ltd
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Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
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340 gr
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978-0-262-51410-1 (9780262514101)
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Josh Hurwitz, M.D., is a fourth-year resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He has been chosen for a Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Einstein Hospital in New York City.
Frances R. Batzer, M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine and an Attending Gynecologist at Pennsylvania Hospital. She is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American College of Surgeons, and the AIUM. She has published and coauthored numerous articles, abstracts, and medical textbooks and has lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of menopause and infertility issues. She is also the Director, Philadelphia Menopause Group and Clinton Endocrine Laboratory.
Frances R. Batzer, M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine and an Attending Gynecologist at Pennsylvania Hospital. She is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American College of Surgeons, and the AIUM. She has published and coauthored numerous articles, abstracts, and medical textbooks and has lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of menopause and infertility issues. She is also the Director, Philadelphia Menopause Group and Clinton Endocrine Laboratory.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction From Dêmos to Dêmoi The Conceptual Foundations of Transnational Publics Transforming the Public Sphere Communicative Freedom and Transnational Publics Constituting Humanity The Human Right to Membership Reforming the Transnational Polity Deliberative Democracy and the European Union Conclusion: Democracy, Peace, and Justice across Borders Notes Bibliography Index