POL S469 Chapter Notes - Chapter n/a: Statism, Hugo Grotius, Complex Interdependence
15 Apr 2016
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David held, democracy and the global order, 1995, pp. Democracy and the global order: from the modern state to cosmopolitan governance. Chapter one, stories of democracy: old and new. Summarizer"s note: for those of you who cringe when you see words put in quotes , i"m sorry but this guy loves them! I just kept everything he had in quotes in order to stay as close to the text as possible. Liberal democracy has been championed as the agent of progress, and capitalism as the only viable economic system. People have even proclaimed the end of history (fukuyama, for example) as ideological conflict is being steadily displaced by universal democratic reason and market-oriented thinking. The author takes issue with the preceding view, citing various inadequacies: There are distinctive liberal traditions with different conceptions of the individual agent, autonomy, rights and duties of subjects, and proper nature and form of community.
