DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511977992.002
关键词: Power politics 、 Law and economics 、 Public administration 、 Accountability 、 Democratic deficit 、 Legitimacy 、 Democratization 、 Politics 、 Democracy 、 Political sociology 、 Political science
摘要: Which demos for (global) democracy? The proper scope of the democratic system represents a core, yet still under-explored issue in political science. Too often debates on democracy concentrated handling kratos rather than subject constituting . From Plato to Rawls, typical assumption has been that community as self-contained social enterprise (which entailed its correlate power politics towards foreigners). This autarchic is, however, unsustainable current world. Today we are forced reconsider traditional boundaries our communities because phenomenon intensified interdependence. and accountability public increasingly under scrutiny. One merits debate global is precisely having provoked reassessment number fundamental tenets ideal itself, among which key. When extended at level, question constituency be taken into account prioritized obviously crucial insofar conflicts jurisdictional generate continuous controversies international affairs. If many suffering consequences actions cross national boundaries, who entitled included decision-making procedure those cross-national actions? Who demand decisions? Citizenship, participation intermingled notions put strain level by increasing Finding consistent reconceptualization these more adequate reality requires tackling democracy, here core general theory democracy.