‘Global Government Networks, Global Information Agencies, and Disaggregated Democracy’

Can global governance be democratic? That is the question that brings protesters into the streets in Seattle and Prague and Washington and has national and international government officials working on a host of reforms to enhance “transparency” and “access” to their global deliberations. It has motivated a raft of efforts to define global governance and to distinguish it from government of various types. The next step, at least for many, is to redefine democracy.