ABSTRACT
Is global democracy possible? The most prominent institutional manifestations of this concept-the UN, WTO, IMF and World Bank-have been skewered as cloistered anti-democratic institutions by anti-globalization activists. Meanwhile, proponents of globalization advocate reforming these institutions to make them more transparent.
Michael Goodhart argues that both views fail to recognize the complex link between modern democracy and the sovereign state and the degree to which globalization challenges the modern conceptualization of democracy. Original and historically informed, Democracy as Human Rights provides a carefully argued theory of democracy in which traditional representative government is supported by global institutions designed to guarantee fundamental human rights.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part |107 pages
PART I The Limits of Modern Democracy
chapter |19 pages
CHAPTER 1 States of Confusion
chapter |19 pages
CHAPTER 2 Sovereignty and the Modern Configuration of Rule
chapter |23 pages
CHAPTER 3 Sovereign Democracy
chapter |19 pages
CHAPTER 4. Globalization and the Paradox of Sovereign Democracy
chapter |21 pages
CHAPTER 5 The Limits of Modern Democracy
part |107 pages
PART II Democracy as Human Rights