Democracy Across Borders: From Dêmos to Dêmoi

by James Bohman

Book Overview

An innovative conception of democracy for an era of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the nation-state: rule by peoples across borders rather than by "the people" within a fixed jurisdiction.

Today democracy is both exalted as the "best means to realize human rights" and seen as weakened because of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the nation-state. In this provocative book, James Bohman argues that democracies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514109
• ISBN13: 9780262514101
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher