Political authority in today's leading democracies rests on generally shared perceptions by a given people that their government is responsible to them and grants each individual citizen legal equality. Yet since the dawn of the industrial age, democratic governments have in fact presided over economic systems that function on the basis of an unequal distribution of real resources. This thought-provoking book explores the widening gap between legal ideal and economic reality, which in turn undermines the inherent legitimacy of democratic systems. Closing that gap, moreover, is much more difficult when economies become "global" and the boundaries separating the people of different democracies are eroded. Distinctive bonds between political power and social obligation begin to break down. The effort of governments to continue governing opens up "democratic deficits." Pressures build to reconstitute political authority beyond the state, and governance-in-practice grows ever more distant from democracy-in-principle. Nowhere is the deepening dilemma more evident than in the European Union. This book examines the contemporary breakdown and transformation of the democratic welfare state in Europe and draws fascinating contrasts with the situation among the signatories to the North America Free Trade Agreement. In a cohesive and insightful collection of essays, a group of distinguished political scientists debates the implications of these trends both for theory and for policy.

Democracy Beyond the State: The European Dilemma and the Emerging Global Order

Business & Money

Pauly, Louis W.

Greven, Michael Th.

Economics

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Political authority in today's leading democracies rests on generally shared perceptions by a given people that their government is responsible to them and considers each individual citizen equal under the law. Yet since the dawn of the industrial age, democratic governments have presided over economies that function on the basis of an unequal distribution of real resources. As globalization opens these economies, the gap between legal, ideal and economic reality widens and boundaries separating “the people” of different democracies erode. This thought-provoking book explores the consequent challenge posed for the inherent legitimacy of democratic systems. When distinctive bonds between political power and social obligation break down, that erosion creates “democratic deficits.” Pressures build to reconstitute political authority beyond the state, and governance-in-practice grows ever more distant from democracy-in-principle.Nowhere is the deepening dilemma more evident than in the European Union. This book examines the contemporary breakdown and transformation of the democratic welfare state in Europe and draws fascinating contrasts with North America. In a cohesive and insightful collection of essays, a group of distinguished political scientists debates the implications of these trends both for theory and for policy.

Democracy beyond the State?

History

Europe

<p>This insightful book provides an original and thoughtprovoking analysis of the widening gap between democracyinprinciple and governanceinpractice as economic globalization transforms our world. Nowhere is the deepening dilemma more evident than in the European Union. This book examines the contemporary breakdown and transformation of the democratic welfare state in Europe and draws fascinating contrasts with North America. In a cohesive and insightful collection of essays, a group of distinguished political scientists debates the implications of these trends both for theory and for policy.</p>

Democracy beyond the State?: The European Dilemma and the Emerging Global Order (Governance in Europe Series)

Das Buch versammelt gesellschafts- und politiktheoretische Analysen zur politischen Gesellschaft. Die Beiträge befassen sich u.a. mit den ethischen und moralischen Grundlagen der Demokratie, mit der Demokratisierbarkeit der EU, der Zukunft politischer Partizipation und der Notwendigkeit politischer Bildung.

Kontingenz und Dezision: Beiträge zur Analyse der politischen Gesellschaft (Studien zur politischen Gesellschaft, 3) (German Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

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