Political Science Democracy is the most potent political idea in the world today, yet the future fof democracy is increasingly uncertain. Key assumptions of democratic thinking and practice are being undermined by diverse sites of social and economic power on the one hand, and by dense networks of regional and global interconnectedness on the other. States and societies are enmeshed in webs of international conditions and processes as never before, Democracy and the Global Order offers a highly original and systematic account of these issues. Part I assesses traditional conceptions of democracy. Part II traces the rise and displacement of the modern nation-state in the context of the interstate system and the world economy, Part IL explores the theoretical bases of democracy and of the democratic state, and the profound changes these concepts must undergo if they are to retain their relevance in the ‘century ahead. Finally, Part IV champions a “cosmopolitan” model of demoeracy—a new conception of democracy for a new world order. “David Held has produced a magisterial account of democratic theory as it applies to a world of intensifying global relations, 1 regard this book as indispensable reading for scholars and citizens alike—a comprehensive rethinking and remapping of the terrain of democracy." Richard Falk, Princeton University “International Relations seems to have been out of touch with the rest of political science and its theoretical advances. In his masterful and synthetic work, Held builds abridge tha ink the study of international relation tothe theory of the state and of democracy. His bold and suggestive normative construct of cosmopolitan democracy” outlines ways in which the principles ot ‘democracy can be preserved within the realities ofa global society of states.” Claus Offe, Humboldt University Berin ““Hel’s new book, the culmination of more than a decade's work, provides the first comprehensive rethinking of democratic theory from the perspective of globalization. No one interested in these issues can afford not to read it, and no ‘one who does can fail to learn from it.” Thomas McCarthy, Northwestern University David Held is Professor of Politics and Sociology at the Open University. Among his recent publications are Models of Democracy, Political Theory and the Modern State, and (as editor) Political Theory Today and Prospects for Democracy: North, South East, West Cover itusvation: Willem de Kooning. Uniled, 1969-72, oon paper on canvas, 137.2% 1524 tans PrvateCaleeton, © Willem de KooningARS. NY and DACS, Landon 195, (Cover design by Richard Boxall Design Associates 188 0-8047-2687-6 Mtn Stanford University Press wow sup.ong HELD. Democracy and the Global Order From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance ASPAO [PGOTH 247 pup Aoe0uloq | DAVID HELD StanfordFor T. G. and J. B. T. Democracy AND THE GLOBAL ORDER From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance David Held Stanford University Press Stanford, CaliforniaStanford University ress Stanford, California (© 1995 David Held Originating publisher: Polity Press ‘Cambridge, in association with Blackwell, Publishers, Led Fist published inthe U.S.A. by Stanford University Press Cloth ISBN 0-6087-2686-8 Paper ISBN 0-8087-2687-6 Le 70941 (Original printing 1995 Last igure below indicates year ofthis printing: 08 07 05 05 o4 CONTENTS Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Stories of Democracy: Old and New 1.1 Models of democracy 1.2, Democracy, globalization and international governance 1.3 The limits of democratic political theory and international relations theory PART Il ANALYSIS: THE FORMATION AND DISPLACEMENT OF THE MODERN STATE 2 The Emergence of Sovereignty and the Modern State 2.1 From divided authority to the centralized state 22. ‘The modem state and the discourse of sovereignty 3. The Development of the Nation-state and the Entrenchment of Democracy 3.1. War and militarism 3.2. States and capitalism 3.3. Liberal democracy and citizenship 16 23 31 32