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Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism Representation and Leadership in Transnational Democracy Daniel Bray Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University, Australia © Daniel Bray 2011 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2011 978-0-230-28544-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN 978-1-349-59247-0 ISBN 978-0-230-34296-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230342965 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bray, Daniel, 1976– Pragmatic cosmopolitanism : representation and leadership in transnational democracy / Daniel Bray. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Cosmopolitanism. 2. World politics–Philosophy. 3. Democracy–Philosophy. 4. Globalization–Political aspects. I. Title. JZ1308.B73 2011 321.8–dc23 2011020961 For Marion Contents Acknowledgements ix 1 Introduction 1 Democracy beyond the nation-state 2 Pragmatic cosmopolitanism 5 Pragmatism and normative theorizing in international 15 relations Chapter outline 23 2 The Deficits of Democratic Representation in 26 Global Politics Global politics, modern sovereignty and norms of 28 representation Democratic deficits in global politics 40 Conclusion 48 3 The Problems of Democracy Beyond the Nation-State 51 The problem of constituency 52 Democratic scope 58 Social prerequisites 62 Practical institutionalization 68 Conclusion 73 4 Contesting the Boundaries of Political Representation 75 The concepts of ‘acting for’ and ‘standing for’ in 76 political theory Representation as a dyadic relationship 86 Representation as constitutive of democratic politics 96 Conclusion 107 5 Representative Claims and Global Politics 109 The representative claim 110 Function and partiality 116 Audiences and publics 120 Power 126 Representative legitimacy in global politics 132 Conclusion 136 vii viii Contents 6 John Dewey and the Democratic Ideal 138 Pragmatism, individuality and freedom 139 Justice, democracy and representation in Deweyan publics 150 John Dewey and the politics of problem formulation 159 Conclusion 170 7 A Reconstructed Ideal of Representative Democracy 172 The concept of democratic leadership 174 A reconstructed ideal of representative democracy 184 Conclusion 208 8 Conclusion: Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism and the Role of 210 Leadership in Transnational Democracy The problem of constituency 212 Democratic scope 216 Social prerequisites 219 Practical institutionalization 223 Democracy and representation in pragmatic cosmopolitanism 225 Final comments: The struggle for transnational democracy 227 Notes 231 Bibliography 237 Index 251 Acknowledgements This book would not have been possible without the love and support of my family and friends, wise intellectual guidance, and well-timed holiday breaks in Malta. It was also profoundly shaped by my adoles- cent years in Springvale (a multicultural suburb of Melbourne, Australia) and a three year stint of overseas travel, which taught me the value of a cosmopolitan outlook in navigating a diverse and changing world. My greatest intellectual debts are to Robyn Eckersley, Adrian Little, Andy Schaap, Michael Saward and Anthony McGrew who provided constructive feedback on various drafts of this work. My deepest per- sonal thanks go to my family: Marion, David, John, James, Joanne, Andrew, Francia, Elyanna, Alyssa, and the newest arrival, Tayla. I would also like to thank George, Steve, Jeanne, Simon, Aaron, Natalie, Luke, Tom, Brenden, Matt, and Michael for their welcome distractions from academic writing. A very special thanks goes to Sana for her love and support during the final stages of this project. Some of the arguments presented in this book have been published by Sage in (2009) ‘Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism: A Deweyan Approach to Democracy Beyond the Nation-State’, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 37, 683–719. Some arguments will also appear in J. Hoover et al (eds) (2011) Interrogating Democracy in World Politics(London: Routledge). I would also like to thank University of Chicago Press for permission to use the ‘schema of representation’ from W.J.T. Mitchell (1990) ‘Repres- entation’ in F. Lentricchia and T. McLaughlin (eds) Critical Terms for Literary Study(Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press). ix
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