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Democracy Beyond Borders : Justice and Representation in Global Institutions.
Title:
Democracy Beyond Borders : Justice and Representation in Global Institutions.
Author:
Kuper, Andrew.
ISBN:
9780191534553
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (239 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Walking the Tightrope -- 1. Context -- 2. Justification -- 1. Global Justice -- Prelude: Rawls' Constructivism and Thin States -- 1. Incorporation: Different Interests of Persons and States -- 2. Toleration: The Universal Scope of Global Justice -- 3. Cohesion: Towards Non-statist Principles of Global Justice -- 4. Realism: Practical Application in a Non-ideal World -- 2. Why Deliberation Cannot Tame Globalisation -- 1. The Scale of Politics -- 2. Does Habermas Demand Too Much of Persons and Institutions? -- 3. The Deliberative Hall of Mirrors -- 4. Representation Contra Deliberation -- 3. Representation as Responsiveness -- 1. Representation by Whom or What? -- 2. The Role of the Represented -- 3. Judging the Best Interests of the Public -- 4. The Limits of Elections: Accountability, Reliability, Receptivity -- 5. The Democratic Doubters: Schumpeter, Popper, Przeworski -- 6. The Plurality of Powers -- 7. Accountability and Advocacy Agencies: Reducing Power Imbalances -- 8. A Charter of Obligations: Reducing Bureaucracy -- 9. Responsive Global Citizenship: Reducing Passivity -- 4. Transforming Global Institutions -- Prelude: Philosophy and Institutional Design -- 1. Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court -- 2. Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice -- 3. Membership in the United Nations -- 4. Unbundling Transparency International -- Conclusion: Responsive Democracy -- 1. Ten Dimensions of Theories of Global Justice and Democracy -- 2. Rawls and Liberal Statism -- 3. Habermas and Deliberative Democracy -- 4. Responsive Democracy: Underlying Ideas about Power and Knowledge -- 5. Ideals in Politics -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Impressive in scope and inventiveness, Democracy Beyond Borders stands at the forefront of a new generation of political thought which reassesses the philosophical foundations of global order. Developing an innovative political theory of representation, it tackles one of today's most pressing issues: how to tame and harness globalization.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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