Interrogating Democracy in World Politics

Questions the history, meaning and concepts of democracy in contemporary international and global politics.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Interrogating Democracy in World Politcs Joe Hoover, Meera Sabaratnam and Laust Schouenborg Part 1: Historical Interrogations 2. Democracy in America and Democracy in the World Today Nicholas Onuf and Peter Onuf 3. Democracy in International Society: Promotion or Exclusion? Ian Clark 4. Power to the People: Nationally-Embedded Development and Mass Armies in the Making of Democracy Sandra Halperin 5. Escaping the Liberal Straitjacket: Re-Examining Democracy’s History Christopher Hobson 6. The Active Making of Two Foundationally Unequal Subjects: Liberal Democracy’s Achilles Heel? Saskia Sassen Part 2: Conceptual Interrogations 7. Restructuring Global Governance: Cosmopolitanism, Democracy and the Global Order David Held 8. Democracy in a Multipolar World Chantal Mouffe 9. Critiquing Global Democracy David Chandler 10. Mobilising (Global) Democracy: A Political Reading of Mobility between Universal Rights and the Mob Claudia Aradau and Jef Huysmans 11. Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism and the Role of Leadership in Transnational Democracy Daniel Bray 12. Conclusion James Bohman

About the author

Joe Hoover, Meera Sabaratnam and Laust Schouenborg, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK.

Summary

Questions the history, meaning and concepts of democracy in contemporary international and global politics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Joe Hoover (Editor), Hoover Joe (Editor), Meera Sabaratnam (Editor), Sabaratnam Meera (Editor), Laust Schouenborg (Editor), Schouenborg Laust (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032924939
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92493-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 470 g
• Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Politics and government