Democracy and Globality
In this article, I consider the connection between globalisation and democracy with respect of (1) the historical ‘waves’ of democratisation and the (global) spread of ‘democratic’ system of political rule, and (2) the debate on a reformulation of democratic rule ‘in the age of globalisation’, and t...
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| description | In this article, I consider the connection between globalisation and democracy with respect of (1) the historical ‘waves’ of democratisation and the (global) spread of ‘democratic’ system of political rule, and (2) the debate on a reformulation of democratic rule ‘in the age of globalisation’, and the concerns with global civil society, global governance and ‘cosmopolitan democracy’ in particular. Linking these two parts are considerations of the question as to whether a universal entitlement to democratic governance is emerging as a right in international law. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2d9eab3ecfc424988dafa2c88417f132022-12-22T01:01:05ZengTallinn UniversityStudies of Transition States and Societies1736-874X1736-87582010-06-01212235Democracy and GlobalityRoland AxtmannIn this article, I consider the connection between globalisation and democracy with respect of (1) the historical ‘waves’ of democratisation and the (global) spread of ‘democratic’ system of political rule, and (2) the debate on a reformulation of democratic rule ‘in the age of globalisation’, and the concerns with global civil society, global governance and ‘cosmopolitan democracy’ in particular. Linking these two parts are considerations of the question as to whether a universal entitlement to democratic governance is emerging as a right in international law.http://www.tlu.ee/stss/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/STSS-vol2-Roland_Axtmann-lk-22-35.pdfglobalisationdemocratic governancecosmopolitan democracydemocratisation |
| spellingShingle | Roland Axtmann Democracy and Globality Studies of Transition States and Societies globalisation democratic governance cosmopolitan democracy democratisation |
| title | Democracy and Globality |
| title_full | Democracy and Globality |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Democracy and Globality |
| title_short | Democracy and Globality |
| title_sort | democracy and globality |
| topic | globalisation democratic governance cosmopolitan democracy democratisation |
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