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EBOOK Global Stakeholder Democracy:Power and Representation Beyond Liberal States
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191607967
EAN: 0D103DD1EB
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Stron: 248
Data wydania: 2008
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A pressing question at the forefront of current global political debates is: how        can we salvage the democratic project in the context of 'globalization'? In recent        years political activists have mounted high-profile campaigns for the        democratization of powerful international institutions such as the World Bank and        IMF, and for greater 'corporate accountability'. In turn, many of the NGOs linked to        these campaigns have themselves faced demands for greater democratic        legitimacy.Global Stakeholder Democracy responds to these challenges by outlining an        innovative theoretical and institutional framework for democratizing the many state        and non-state actors wielding public power in contemporary global politics. In doing        so, the book lays out a promising new agenda for globaldemocratic reform. Its        analysis begins with the recognition that we cannot simply recreate traditional        constitutional and electoral institutions of democratic states on a global scale,        through the construction of a democratic 'super-state'. Rather, we must develop new        kinds of democratic institutions capable of dealing with the realities of global        pluralism, and democratizing powerful non-state actors as well as states. Through        reflecting on the democratic dilemmas surrounding the politicalpower of global NGOs,        the book mounts a powerful challenge to the state-centric theoretical assumptions        that have underpinned the established democratic theories of both 'cosmopolitan' and        'communitarian' liberals. In particular, it challenges the widespread assumption        that 'sovereign' power, 'bounded'(national or global) societies, and 'electoral'        processes are essential institutional foundations of a democratic system. The book        then re-thinks the democratic project from its conceptual foundations, posing the        questions: What needs to be controlled? Who ought to control it? How could they do        so? In answering these questions, the book develops a novel theoretical model of        representative democracy that is focused on plural (state and non-state) actors        rather than on unitary state structures.It elaborates a democratic framework based        on the new theoretical concepts of 'public power', 'stakeholder communities' and        'non-electoral representation', and illustrates the practical implications of these        proposals for projects of global institutional reform.

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