Global Democracy: For and Against. Ethical Theory, Institutional Design, and Social Struggles (Democratization Studies) PDF
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Global Democracy: For and Against The book defends the case for the expansion of the democratic model to the global political sphere. Concentrating on the participatory deficit of interna- tional affairs, it examines the nexus between the phenomenon of interna- tional exclusion and the political response of global democracy. This distinctive position is developed through a critical survey of the prin- cipal theories for and against global democracy. The main rival narratives (realism, nationalism, civilizationism, and liberal internationalism) are rebutted on grounds of failing democratic principles of inclusion. Based on a notion of interaction-dependent justice, these theories arguably provide a crucial ideological support to the exclusionary attitude of the current inter- national system. Going against these exclusionary paradigms, the book defends a model of cosmo-federalism that is all-inclusive, multilayered, and rooted. The text adopts an interdisciplinary perspective that combines three areas of scholarship: international political theory, international relations, and political sociology. Within them, a number of contemporary controversies are analyzed, including the ethical dispute on global justice, the institutional debate on supranationalism, and the political discussion on social emancipa- tory struggles. From such an interdisciplinary perspective is derived an engaged text that will be of interest to students and researchers concerned with the key political aspects of the discussion on globalization and demo- cratic global order. Raffaele Marchetti is a lecturer in international relations at LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy. Democratization Studies (Formerly Democratization Studies, Frank Cass) Series Editors: Peter Burnell and Peter Calvert Democratization Studies combines theoretical and comparative studies with detailed analyses of issues central to democratic progress and its performance, all over the world. The books in this series aim to encourage debate on the many aspects of democratiza- tion that are of interest to policy-makers, administrators and journalists, aid and development personnel, as well as to all those involved in education. 1. Democratization and the Media Edited by Vicky Randall 2. The Resilience of Democracy Presistent practice, durable idea Edited by Peter Burnell and Peter Calvert 3. The Internet, Democracy and Democratization Edited by Peter Ferdinand 4. Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-communist Europe Edited by Paul Lewis 5. Democracy Assistance International co-operation for democratization Edited by Peter Burnell 6. Opposition and Democracy in South Africa Edited by Roger Southall 7. The European Union and Democracy Promotion The case of North Africa Edited by Richard Gillespie and Richard Youngs 8. Democratization and the Judiciary Edited by Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar 9. Civil Society in Democratization Edited by Peter Burnell and Peter Calvert 10. The Internet and politics Citizens, voters and acrivists Edited by Sarah Oates, Diana Owen and Rachel Gibson 11. Democratization in the Muslim World Changing Patterns of Authority and Power Edited by Frederic Volpi and Francesco Cavatorta 12. Global Democracy: For and Against Ethnical theory, institutional design and social struggles Raffaele Marchetti Global Democracy: For and Against Ethical theory, institutional design, and social struggles Raffaele Marchetti First published 2008 by Routledge 2 Park Square Milton Park Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library,2008. “To purchaseyourown copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business. © 2008 Raffaele Marchetti All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Marchetti, Raffaele. Global democracy—for and against: ethical theory, institutional design and social struggles / Raffaele, Marchetti. p. cm.—(Democratization studies; 12) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Democracy. 2. Globalization. 3. Civil Society. I. Title. JC423.M3558 2008 341.2 1–dc22 2007042184 ISBN 0-203-92880-6 Mastere-bookISBN ISBN 10: 0–415–43719–9 (hbk) ISBN 10: 0–203–92880–6 (ebk) ISBN 13: 978–0–415–43719–6 (hbk) ISBN 13: 978–0–203–92880–6 (ebk) For Carlo and Graziella, who made all of this possible Contents List of tables x Acknowledgments xi PART I Globalization and the democratic deficit 1 Introduction: pushing democracy beyond borders 1 1 Democracy and transnational exclusion 9 Democracy: citizenship, participation, and institutions 11 Failing democracy: transnational exclusion 16 Normative exclusion: interaction-dependent justice 21 Institutional exclusion: from Westphalia to global governance 23 The political debate on globalization 26 Conclusions 30 PART II For global democracy 33 2 Ethical theory for global democracy: all-inclusive cosmopolitanism 35 Consequentialist cosmopolitanism: definitions 36 Epistemological foundations: limits on interpersonal comparability 37 Normative foundations: well-being as freedom of choice 39 Alternative theories of cosmopolitan justice 44 Consequentialist global justice 52 An all-inclusive global system 55 Conclusions 57 viii Contents 3 Institutional design for global democracy: multilayered cosmopolitanism 63 Consequentialist democracy: procedural participation from a global perspective 64 International responsibility 68 Cosmopolitan political agency 73 Drawing jurisdictional boundaries: an all-inclusive method 78 Alternative methods for drawing jurisdictional boundaries 82 A multilayered global system 87 Conclusions 88 4 Social struggles for global democracy: rooted and subaltern cosmopolitanism 92 Criticizing cosmopolitan rootlessness (I): the cosmopolitan Jew 93 Criticizing cosmopolitan rootlessness (II): the football fan 96 Subaltern, thick, and rooted cosmopolitanism 100 Rooted political principles 103 Challenging alternative political objectives and strategies 106 A complex, bidirectional global system 109 Conclusions 109 PART III Against global democracy 113 5 Political communities 115 Interaction-dependent contextualist theories 116 Realism 117 Nationalism 122 Civilizationism 126 Conclusions 129 6 Liberal internationalism 131 Interaction-dependent universalist theories 132 Democratic peace 135 Cosmopolitan governance 139 Conclusions 142 Contents ix PART IV Global democracy restated 147 7 Cosmo-federalism 149 Reforming international organizations 150 Principles of cosmo-federalism 153 Objections to cosmo-federalism 155 Cosmo-federalism as an institutional framework 161 Cosmo-federalism as a social process 164 Conclusions 167 8 Conclusions 170 Bibliography 175 Index 206
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