Democracy Without Borders?: Global Challenges to Liberal DemocracyRowman & Littlefield, 2008 - 167 頁 Democracy Without Borders? assesses the worldwide prospects of liberal democracy. In an era of globalization and in an intellectual climate in which the idea of national sovereignty is under assault, Plattner identifies the essential features of modern liberal democracy and offers guidance about what is required to sustain it. This examination comes at a critical moment. After three decades of global advance, liberal democracy today is being challenged from many quarters. Among the reasons why its future looks cloudy is the popular election of candidates hostile to liberalism_in Palestine, Russia, Venezuela, and elsewhere. An investigation of the complex and tension-filled relationship between liberalism and majority rule is at the heart of this essential book. PlattnerOs contention is that liberalism needs democracy and that liberal democracy needs the nation-state. He argues that transnational bodies like the European Union cannot overcome their 'democratic deficit.' Hence he recommends an approach that will enable the United States to promote international cooperation without sacrificing the fundamental elements of national sovereignty or American democracy. |
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The Triumphs and Travails of Democracy | 3 |
The Democratic Moment | 21 |
The Role of Human Rights | 37 |
The Links between Liberalism and Democracy | 47 |
Why Liberalism Became Democratic | 59 |
Globalization and SelfGovernment | 73 |
Understanding the European Union | 87 |
Sovereignty and Democrat | 103 |
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