Title:Global Governance or World Federalism? A Cosmopolitan Dispute on Institutional Models
Author(s):MARCHETTI, RaffaeleDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper contributes to the debate on cosmopolitan democracy by defending a model of cosmo-federalism, based on a consequentialist reading of the principle of freedom of choice. Adopting a radical democratic perspective ...
Title:Global Justice, Freedom of Movement and Democratic Citizenship
Author(s):BAUBOCK, RainerDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article discusses three liberal arguments about freedom of movement: immigration as a remedy for global injustice in the distribution of opportunities, freedom of movement as an integral aspect of individual autonomy, ...
Title:'Global Law' and Governmentality: Reconceptualizing the 'rule of law' as rule 'through' law
Author(s):RAJKOVIC, Nikolas MilanDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article challenges the optimism common to liberal IR and IL scholarship on the ‘rule of law’ in global governance. It argues that the concept of the ‘rule of law’ is often employed with sparse inquiry into the politics ...
Title:Globalizations and Democracy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Globalization has been seen as a factor in increasing democratization, but also as one of the main challenges to democracy. The term globalization has been used to indicate various and heterogeneous types of phenomena, all ...
Title:¿Gobernar el vacío?
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:El vaciamiento de las democracias a medida que las elites dominantes se retiran y los votantes se abstienen de la política electoral de masas. Peter Mair analiza las paradojas del triunfo de la «tercera vía» y la emergencia ...
Title:Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union
Author(s):TATHAM, Michael RobertDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article seeks to map out routes of direct regional interest representation in the European Union. It identifies six main opportunity structures available to regions: the Committee of the Regions, the Council of ...
Title:Going, Going, ...Gone? The Decline of Party Membership in Contemporary Europe
Author(s):VAN BIEZEN, Ingrid; MAIR, Peter; POGUNTKE, ThomasDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article offers an overview of levels of party membership in European democracies at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century and looks also at changes in these levels over time, comparing party membership ...