Table of Contents

Introduction, Barry Holden; Part 1 Part I Theoretical issues; Chapter 1 The changing contours of political community, David Held; Chapter 2 A critique of Held, Michael Saward; Chapter 3 Global myths and national policies, Paul Hirst, Grahame Thompson; Chapter 4 Hirst and Thompson's ‘Global myths and national policies’, Jonathan Perraton; Chapter 5 The lords of peace, Danilo Zolo; Chapter 6 Neither cosmopolitanism nor realism, Tony Coates; Part 2 Part II Structures and processes; Chapter 7 An agenda for democratization, Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Chapter 8 The United Nations as an agency of global democracy, Daniele Archibugi, Sveva Balduini, Marco Donati; Chapter 9 Alternative models for global democracy, Johan Galtung; Chapter 10 Global civil society and the democratic prospect, Richard Falk; Chapter 11 Globalization, sovereignty and policy-making, Jonathan Golub; Globalization and democracy — an afterword, Richard Bellamy, R. J. Barry Jones; Index;

About the Author

Barry Holden is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Reading. He is the author of The Nature of Democracy, Understanding Liberal Democracy, 2nd edition, and edited The Ethical Dimensions of Global Change.

Reviews

'This volume is not only invaluable to researchers in globalization and democracy, but is also an excellent textbook for students seeking an entry point into this very timely and important topic.' - Canadian Journal of Political Science