Democracy in an Age of Globalisation

In <strong>Democracy in an Age of Globalisation</strong> Otfried Hffe develops acomprehensive analysis of the demands which the process of globalizationexerts o... » 

In Democracy in an Age of Globalisation Otfried Hffe develops acomprehensive analysis of the demands which the process of globalizationexerts on the political organisations of humanity. The author starts from adiagnosis of the process of globalisation and frees its concept from itseconomistic narrowing Globalisation is a comprehensive process which puts newstrains on the economies and political systems of the world the cultural andsocial structures of peoples. The scope of its challenges demands solutionswhich transcend the powers of the classical nationstate. The question centralto the book can be formulated as follows How can the social moral and legalachievements of the nationstate be retained while its structure is reshaped tosatisfy the requirements of a globalised world? TOCPreface. 1 The Challengesof our times. Part One Qualified Democracy. 2 Consent out of advantage. 3Principles of justice. 4 Public powers. 5 Subsidiarity and federalism. 6 Thedemise of the state? 7 From subject to citizen. Part Two A subsidiary andfederal world republic. 8 A look at history. 9 A world order without a worldstate? 10 The complementary world republic. 11 Against a global Leviathan.12 Global civic virtues. Part Three Institutions and responsibilities. 13Peace and the rule of law. 14 Selfdetermination secession and intervention.15 A global social and ecological market. 16 The view ahead. Bibliography.Name Index. Subject Index. «