Re-Imagining Political Community

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7456-1981-1
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 554 g

Understanding world politics today means acknowledging that the state is no longer in international relations. The interstate system is increasingly challenged by new transnational forces and institutions. Multinational companies, cross-border coalitions of social interest groups, globally oriented media groups and a growing number of international agencies influence interstate decisions and set the agenda of world politics. While these phenomena have been discussed in the recent literature of international relations, little attention has been given to their impact on political life within and between communities.

Re-imagining Political Community explores the changing meaning of political community in a world of regional and global social and economic relations. From a variety of academic backgrounds, its authors reconsider some of the key terms of political organization, such as legitimacy, sovereignty, identity and citizenship. The common approach of all the authors is to generate an innovative account of what democracy means today and how it can be reconceptualized to include subnational as well as transnational levels of political organization. Inspired by Immanuel Kant's cosmopolitan principles, the authors conclude that today there are favourable conditions for a further development of democracy - locally, nationally, regionally and globally.

Re-imagining Political Community will be welcomed by students of politics, political theory, international relations and peace studies, as well as those working in international organizations and engaged in transnational activities.

List of contributors: David Held, James N. Rosenau, David Beetham, James Crawford, Susan Marks, Mary Kaldor, Andrew Linklater, Ulrich K. Preuss, Richard Bellamy, Dario Castiglione, Janna Thompson, Daniele Archibugi, Martin Kohler, Pierre Hassner, Gwin Prins, Elizabeth Selwood, Derk Bienen, Volker Rittberger, Wolfgang Wagner and Richard Falk.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Archibugi, Daniele

Held, David

Köhler, Martin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.

Introduction Daniele Archibugi, David Held and Martin Köhler.

Part 1. The Transformation of the Interstate System.

1. Democracy and Globalization: David Held.

2. Governance and Democracy in a Globalizing World: James N. Rosenau.

3. Human Rights as a Model for Cosmopolitan Democracy: David Beetham.

4. The Global Democracy Deficit: an Essay in International Law and its Limits: James Crawford and Susan Marks.

5. Reconceptualizing Organized Violence: Mary Kaldor.

Part II: Citizenship, Sovereignty and Transnational Democracy.

6. Citizenship and Sovereignty in the post-Westphalian European State: Andrew Linklater.

7. Citizenship in the EU - A Paradigm for Transnational Democracy?: Ulrich K. Preuss.

8. Between Cosmopolis and Community: Three Models of Rights and Democracy within the European Union: Richard Bellamy and Dario Castiglione.

9. Community Identity and World Citizenship: Janna Thompson.

10. Principles of Cosmopolitan Democracy: Daniele Archibugi.

Part III: The Prospects of Cosmopolitan Democracy.

11. From the National to the Cosmopolitan Public Sphere: Martin Kohler.

12. Refugees: a Special Case for Cosmopolitan Citizenship?: Pierre Hassner.

13. Global Security Problems and the Challenge to Democratic Process: Gwyn Prins and Elizabeth Sellwood.

14. Democracy in the United Nations System; Cosmopolitan and Communitarian Principles: Derk Bienen, Volker Rittberger and Wolfgang Wagner.

15. The United Nations and Cosmopolitan Democracy: Bad Dream, Utopian Fantasy, Political Project: Richard Falk.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Daniele Archibugi is a Research Director at the Italian National Research Council and Professor of Innovation, Governance and Public Policy at the University of London, Birkbeck College.

David Held is a British political scientist specialising in political theory and international relations. He currently holds a joint appointment as Professor of Politics and International Relations, and Master of University College, at Durham University.