ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that transformations in forms of democracy are linked to changes in territorial status, political regulation and citizenship. It demonstrates that globalisation leads to deterritorialisation, thereby increasing the number and forms of democratic practice. The chapter shows that political regulation fluctuates between two models, the government model and the governance model. It discusses the forms of democracy that are likely to emerge from the various transformations. The chapter explores the ideal-type of democratic government that is influential among the political institutions of established nation-states and explains technolegal governance – a model that is gaining currency at both the supranational and local levels. The function of governance at the local level involves enacting contingency standards better suited to the immediate environment. In the governance model, political legitimacy is based on the principle of participation, which gives decisions their democratic character.
