We are living in a time of global transformation in which new
political arrangements are being formed and old political
arrangements now seem insufficient. In this context, alternative
forms of authority are gaining strength, putting pressure on the
normative currency of democratic politics; the central categories
of democratic theory need to be re-examined or they risk becoming
co-opted and diminished. Indeed, we must ask, how can the rule of
the people be maintained in a transnational age?
This volume analyzes the impact of globalization on the concept
of popular sovereignty and rethinks it for the transnational
domain. It explores how popular sovereignty has historically
determined the form of democratic citizenship and how democratic
citizenship and legitimacy can be conceived in the transnational
sphere in the absence of a global sovereign order. By inquiring
into the new global context of popular sovereignty, the book seeks
to better understand the emerging structures of global governance
and their potential for democratic legitimacy. Lupel argues:
- That the challenges of globalization necessitate a rethinking
of the concept of popular sovereignty beyond the domain of the
nation-state
- That such a rethinking reveals a tension between the
particularism of democratic legitimacy and the universalism of
cosmopolitan politics
- Thus critical attention to the constitutive processes of global
governance must become an integral part of democratic theory in the
context of globalization; and a principle of transnational popular
sovereignty provides the best resources for this purpose.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of
globalization, democratic theory and international relations
theory.
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