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Democracy and the Global Order: From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance

David Held
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In this article, the formation and displacement of the modern state and the emergence of a modern state are discussed. And the development of the nation-state and the entrenchment of democracy is discussed.
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Part I: Introduction 1 Stories of Democracy: Old and New Part II: Analysis: The Formation and Displacement of the Modern State 2 The Emergence of Sovereignty and the Modern State 3 The Development of the Nation--State and the Entrenchment of Democracy 4 The Inter--State System 5 Democracy, the Nation--State and the Global Order I 6 Democracy, the Nation--State and the Global Order II Part III: Reconstruction: Foundations of Democracy 7 Rethinking Democracy 8 Sites of Power, Problems of Democracy 9 Democracy and the Democratic Good Part IV: Elaboration and Advocacy: Cosmopolitan Democracy 10 Political Community and the Cosmopolitan Order 11 Markets, Private Property and Cosmopolitan Democratic Law 12 Cosmopolitan Democracy and the New International Order References and Select Bibliography Index

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