Democracy and the Global Order
From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance
Published on 23. April 2013
336 pages
978-0-7456-6715-7 (ISBN)
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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.
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David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Content
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.
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.
