Overview
- Comprehensive treatment of the philosophical foundations of globalisation
- Theory is placed in a profound historical and systematic context
- Institutional conclusions of great specificity
Part of the book series: Studies in Global Justice (JUST, volume 3)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A subsidiary and federal world republic
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Institutions and responsibilities
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About this book
In "Democracy in an Age of Globalisation", Otfried Höffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the demands, which the process of globalization exerts on the political organisations of humanity.
The author starts from a diagnosis of the process of globalisation and frees its concept from its economistic narrowing: Globalisation is a comprehensive process which puts new strains on the economies and political systems of the world, the cultural and social structures of peoples. The scope of its challenges demands solutions, which transcend the powers of the classical nation-state. The question central to the book can be formulated as follows: "How can the social, moral and legal achievements of the nation-state be retained while its structure is reshaped to satisfy the requirements of a globalised world?"
Reviews
"Against grass-roots communitarianism as well as against highbrow globalism, the author chooses the realisation of a multilevel world republic that plays the role of an instance of negotiation and settlement. He respects cultural particularities and national characters, while observing at the same time the commandments of the world social contract that governs the relations between the states and their citizens." Ludger Heidebrink, Die Zeit
"’Democracy…’ is a cautious precision-work. It is a bold, though carefully arguing book that does not deal with less than the legitimacy and the main characteristics of a future world republic. […] Höffe’s extraordinary book represents a significant contribution to the most important questions asked by the beginning of the new century that is characterised by ‘globalisation’." Georg Kohler, NZZ
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democracy in an Age of Globalisation
Editors: Otfried HÖffe, Darrel Moellendorf, Thomas Pogge
Series Title: Studies in Global Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5662-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5660-4Published: 18 July 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5661-1Published: 19 July 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5662-8Published: 07 July 2007
Series ISSN: 1871-0409
Series E-ISSN: 1871-1456
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 351
Topics: Political Science, Political Philosophy, Sociology, general