ABSTRACT
Globalisation is putting democracy in question and is itself being questioned as undemocratic. Its border crossings are undermining the traditional territorial basis of democracy and creating new political spaces which need democratising. ‘Global forces’ are disrupting the supposedly independent, sovereign states and national communities which have provided democracy’s main framework. And these ‘global forces’ are apparently beyond control or, more specifically, beyond democratic control. The political implications are wide reaching and far from clear.
