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Between Fragmentation and Democracy explores the phenomenon of the
fragmentation of international law and global governance following
the proliferation of international institutions with overlapping
jurisdictions and ambiguous boundaries. The authors argue that this
problem has the potential to sabotage the evolution of a more
democratic and egalitarian system and identify the structural
reasons for the failure of global institutions to protect the
interests of politically weaker constituencies. This book offers a
comprehensive understanding of how new global sources of democratic
deficits increasingly deprive individuals and collectives of the
capacity to protect their interests and shape their opportunities.
It also considers the role of the courts in mitigating the effects
of globalization and the struggle to define and redefine
institutions and entitlements. This book is an important resource
for scholars of international law and international politics, as
well as for public lawyers, political scientists, and those
interested in judicial reform.
Between Fragmentation and Democracy explores the phenomenon of the
fragmentation of international law and global governance following
the proliferation of international institutions with overlapping
jurisdictions and ambiguous boundaries. The authors argue that this
problem has the potential to sabotage the evolution of a more
democratic and egalitarian system and identify the structural
reasons for the failure of global institutions to protect the
interests of politically weaker constituencies. This book offers a
comprehensive understanding of how new global sources of democratic
deficits increasingly deprive individuals and collectives of the
capacity to protect their interests and shape their opportunities.
It also considers the role of the courts in mitigating the effects
of globalization and the struggle to define and redefine
institutions and entitlements. This book is an important resource
for scholars of international law and international politics, as
well as for public lawyers, political scientists, and those
interested in judicial reform.
The fall of the Soviet empire, like the redistributions of power
that followed the fall of Napoleon and the end of the two world
wars, has focused attention on schemes that advertise an ability to
prevent the return of conflict and promote cooperation. Chief among
these is the controversial idea of a new collective security system
or a redesigned United Nations. Advocates view such an institution
as an inevitable step in human evolution and the basic prerequisite
for long-term stability and peace. Critics consider the idea a pipe
dream that has been historically and theoretically discredited.
This volume reexamines the idea of collective security, weighing
the arguments for and against it and assessing its potential for
coping with the regional and global security problems of a
post-Cold War world. Six of the essays contained herein examine
collective security from a theoretical and historical perspective;
three evaluate its potential to manage problems in the former
Soviet empire, the Middle East, and Europe. The recurring theme of
Collective Security beyond the Cold War is the importance of
reviewing the potential advantages of ambitious but imperfect
collective security systems and the virtues of systems less
ambitious than the League of Nations. The factors limiting the
potential of collective security systems are no different from
those that limit the potential of other forms of state collective
action, such as alliances. How great a problem these factors pose
for collective security arrangements depends on the design of the
system and the setting.
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