ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

Reconstituting the modern state

chapter 3|17 pages

The limits of federalism in transnational democracy

Beyond the hegemony of the US model

chapter 7|20 pages

Transnational democracy versus national conflict

Border crossings in Ireland

chapter 8|22 pages

Democratising global institutions

Possibilities, limits and normative foundations

chapter 11|21 pages

Contesting corporate globalism

Sources of power, channels for democratisation

chapter 12|9 pages

Relocating the demos?