1st Edition
Globalization and Popular Sovereignty Democracy’s Transnational Dilemma
Preface 1. Introduction: Popular Sovereignty and Globalization 2. Trajectories of Popular Sovereignty 3. The Liberal Model of Popular Sovereignty: John Locke 4. The Republican Model of Popular Sovereignty: Jean-Jacques Rousseau 5. The Deliberative Model of Popular Sovereignty: Jürgen Habermas 6. Responses to Globalization (I) Habermas’s Postnational Constellation 7. Responses to Globalization (II) David Held’s Cosmopolitan Democracy and Global Civil Society 8. Conclusion: Toward a Transnational Politics of Popular Sovereignty
Biography
Adam Lupel is Editor at the International Peace Institute in New York, USA. His work has appeared previously in Constellations, Critical Sociology, Globalizations, and Polity. Most recently, he co-edited "Peace Operations and Organized Crime", a special issue of International Peacekeeping (also published by Routledge).
An excellent discourse on the concept of sovereignty and on how this is transformed in the global age. It provides an imaginative and erudite comparison between the classic and the modern concepts of sovereignty. Lupel uncovers how democracy is today challenged and offers important insights to make democracy compatible with globalization by granting greater legitimacy and powers to transnational movements and institutions. Daniele Archibugi, Italian National Research Council, Italy, and Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Does globalization render the concept of popular sovereignty dépassé? Seeking to redeem an indispensable element of democracy, Adam Lupel undertakes to re-imagine popular sovereignty for a postwestphalian world. After sorting the wheat from the chaff in leading proposals by Jürgen Habermas and David Held, Lupel develops an alternative conception whereby "the people" may exercise constituent authority in a decentered system of global governance. The result is an important exploration of the possible meanings of popular sovereignty in globalization. Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science, The New School for Social Research, New York, USA
