Globalization and popular sovereignty [ democracy's transnational dilemma

Analyzes the impact of globalization on the concept of popular sovereignty and rethinks it for the transnational domain. This book explores how popular sovereignty has determined the form of democratic citizenship and how democratic citizenship and legitimacy can be conceived in the transnational sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lupel, Adam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London New York : Routledge , c2009
Series:Rethinking globalizations ; 20.
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: popular sovereignty and globalization
  • 2. Trajectories of popular sovereignty
  • 3. The liberal model of popular sovereignty: John Locke
  • 4. The republican model of popular sovereignty: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 5. The deliberative model of popular Sovereignty: Jurgen Habermas
  • 6. Responses to Globalization (I) Habermas's Postnational Constellation
  • 7. Responses to Globalization (II) David Held's Cosmopolitan Democracy and Global Civil Society
  • 8. Conclusion: Toward a Transnational Politics of Popular Sovereignty