Unsettled Legitimacy : Political Community, Power, and Authority in a Global Era

Bernstein, Steven (EDT); Coleman, William D. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0774817186 / ISBN 13: 9780774817189

Verlag: UBC Press, 2010

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10545151-n

Inhaltsangabe:

Globalization has challenged taken-for-granted relationships of rule at all levels. This unsettling of legitimacy raises some serious questions. Under what conditions do individuals and communities accept globalized decision making as legitimate? And what political practices do individuals and collectivities under globalization use to exercise autonomy?

To answer these questions, the contributors to Unsettled Legitimacy explore the disruptions and reconfigurations of political authority that accompany globalization. Arguing that we live in an era in which political legitimacy at multiple scales of authority is under strain, they show that globalization has also created demands for regulation, security, and the protection of rights and expressions of individual and collective autonomy within and across multiple political and geographic spaces. Instead of offering simplistic arguments for or against global governance, enhanced democracy, or economic integration, the contributors provide a sophisticated examination of the complexities of legitimacy and autonomy in a globalizing world.

Coleman is professor and Center for International Governance Innovation Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo,Ontario.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Steven Bernstein is associate professor of political science and associate director of the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. William D.Coleman is professor and Center for International Governance Innovation Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo,Ontario.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Unsettled Legitimacy : Political Community, ...
Verlag: UBC Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New