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Title

Re-imagining political community : studies in cosmopolitan democracy / edited by Daniele Archibugi, David Held and Martin Köhler.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Archibugi, Daniele.
• Held, David.
• Köhler, Martin.

Description

xiii, 352 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• This book sets out to explore 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 association, such as legitimacy, sovereignty, identity and citizenship.
• The common approach of 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 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 by those working in international organizations and engaged in transnational activities.

Subjects

• Democracy
• Citizenship
• Sovereignty

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Daniele Archibugi, David Held and Martin Kohler -- Pt. I. 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 -- Pt. II. Citizenship, Sovereignty and Transnational Democracy. 6. Citizenship and Sovereignty in the Post-Westphalian European State / Andrew Linklater. 7. Citizenship in the European Union: 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 -- Pt. III. The Prospects of Cosmopolitan Democracy. 11. From the National to the Cosmopolitan Public Sphere / Martin Kohler. 12. Global Security Problems and the Challenge to Democratic Process / Gwyn Prins and Elizabeth Sellwood. 13. Refugees: a Special Case for Cosmopolitan Citizenship? / Pierre Hassner. 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.

ISBN

• 0804735344 (cloth)
• 0804735352 (paper)

LCCN

98060721

OCLC

ocm40511267

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries