| dc.description | Liberalism and modern democracy are now the most widely accepted
forms of official justification for political rule. Both doctrines were
developed largely in and for nation-states. Yet, in the face of what is
bluntly called globalisation, it is arguable that an international political
system based on states will be unable to meet some of the most
daunting political challenges that confront our world. Is it possible to
develop an institutional framework that is not based primarily on
states, one that would enable justifiable and effective rule? In particular,
can the principles and practices of liberal justice and representative
democracy be extended, to positive effect, beyond the state contexts
for which they were devised? I argue in this book that we should end
our dubious romance with the nation-state and that we can do so in
favour of a more suitable prospect: not a world state, nor a system of
superstates, but a multiform global system that I shall call Responsive
Democracy. | en_US |
