Transnational Democracy Political Spaces and Border Crossings [Hardcover]

Contemporary globalisation both challenges conventional forms of democracy and is opening up new needs and possibilities for democratisation beyond the territoriality of national states. These issues are explored by an international and multidisciplinary array of experts who focus on federalism, multicultural societies, the European Union and potential agents for the democratisation of global institutions.Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction 1. Questions of democracy, territoriality and globalisation James Anderson2. Reconstituting the modern state Bhikhu Parekh3. The limits of federalism in transnational democracy: beyond the hegemony of the US model John Agnew4. Reconceptualising democracy in the European Union Michael Newman5. Multi-level citizenship, identity and regions in contemprary Europe Joe Painter6. Transnational integration and cross-border regions in the European Union Liam O'Dowd7. Transnational democracy versus national conflict: border crossings in Ireland James Andersonand Douglas Hamilton8. Democratising global institutions: possibilities, limits and normative foundations Anthony McGrew9. Holding the middle ground in the transnationalisation process Kees van der Pijl10. The democratic potential of non-governmental organisations Joachim Hirsch11. Contesting corporate globalism: sources of power, channels for democratisation James Goodman12. Relocating the demos? Peter Taylor