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Democracy and the Global Order :From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance

3.60 ( 30 Ratings by Goodreads)
Democracy and the Global Order

Democracy and the Global Order :From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance

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3.60 (30 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 30 November, 1995
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This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosophical analysis of the nature and prospects of democracy today.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780745600567
ISBN10 0745600565
Number Of Pages 336
Item Weight 510 g
Product Dimensions 154 x 229 x 25 mm
Publisher / Reseller John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format paperback
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"David Held has produced a magisterial account of democratic theory as it applies to a world of intensifying global relations ... I regard this book as indispensable reading for scholars and citizens alike - a comprehensive rethinking and remapping of the terrain of democracy." Richard Falk, Princeton University

"A comprehensive account ... Democracy and the Global Order is both an impressive combination of philosophical analysis, sociological inquiry, and practical observation, and an excellent synthesis of traditional political theory and International Relations. It's accessibility is one of its resounding strengths. Many parts of the book can be recommended for use in a variety of survey undergraduate courses and specialist courses in international law, international organisations, European studies and global governance. No other work introduces the main strands of democratic theory, analyses the rise of the modern state and the contemporary pressures on state autonomy, considers developments in international or "cosmopolitan" law and explores models of cosmopolitan democracy so lucidly and systematically. It is an important contribibution to modern democratic theory and to the larger project of bridging the peculiar gulf between political theory and IR." Millennium

"Held has provided an immensely powerful manifesto for our times in a judicious and meticulously constructed framework." Sociological Review

"He draws upon previous contributions to provide in this book a comprehensive and powerful synthesis of his thought. Such an ambitious and wide-ranging enterprise is bound to provide the material of discussion for many years to come." Sociology


"Democracy and the Global Order is a significant scholarly achievement and, more importantly, a considerable political resource. We could do worse than to approach such a debate with the same mixture of philosophical rigour, institutional imagination and political nerve that David Held has displayed." New Left Review

"Held has produced a very important discussion of the meaning and practice of democracy at the end of the century." Ethics

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Author's Bio

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science

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