Mathias Koenig-Archibugi is an Associate Professor of Global Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, as a joint appointment of the Department of Government and the Department of International Relations. His work has appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of International Relations, European Journal of Political Research, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Politics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Review of International Organizations, Social Science & Medicine, World Development, World Politics, and other journals.

A major contribution to a tradition of thought which focuses on how a democratic global order might be constructed...Koenig-Archibugi's book is thus notable for the depth of engagement with both empirical political science, and contemporary analytical political theory, with much of the analysis offering compelling arguments against prior objections to global democracy.

• List of Figures List of Tables 1: Introduction Part I. Is the universal republic possible? 2: Arguments on possibility 3: Would the universal republic be viable? 4: Is the universal republic achievable? Part II. Is the universal republic desirable? 5: Arguments on desirability 6: Universal republic or confederation of democracies? 7: Universal republic or polycentric democracy? 8: Conclusions Appendices Appendix I: List of democratic regimes Appendix II: Sources of data Appendix III: Goodness-of-fit statistics Appendix IV: Regression tables References Index

Mathias Koenig-Archibugi is an Associate Professor of Global Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, as a joint appointment of the Department of Government and the Department of International Relations. His work has appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of International Relations, European Journal of Political Research, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Politics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Review of International Organizations, Social Science & Medicine, World Development, World Politics, and other journals.

A major contribution to a tradition of thought which focuses on how a democratic global order might be constructed...Koenig-Archibugi's book is thus notable for the depth of engagement with both empirical political science, and contemporary analytical political theory, with much of the analysis offering compelling arguments against prior objections to global democracy.

• List of Figures List of Tables 1: Introduction Part I. Is the universal republic possible? 2: Arguments on possibility 3: Would the universal republic be viable? 4: Is the universal republic achievable? Part II. Is the universal republic desirable? 5: Arguments on desirability 6: Universal republic or confederation of democracies? 7: Universal republic or polycentric democracy? 8: Conclusions Appendices Appendix I: List of democratic regimes Appendix II: Sources of data Appendix III: Goodness-of-fit statistics Appendix IV: Regression tables References Index

Mathias Koenig-Archibugi is an Associate Professor of Global Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, as a joint appointment of the Department of Government and the Department of International Relations. His work has appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of International Relations, European Journal of Political Research, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Politics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Review of International Organizations, Social Science & Medicine, World Development, World Politics, and other journals.

A major contribution to a tradition of thought which focuses on how a democratic global order might be constructed...Koenig-Archibugi's book is thus notable for the depth of engagement with both empirical political science, and contemporary analytical political theory, with much of the analysis offering compelling arguments against prior objections to global democracy.

• List of Figures List of Tables 1: Introduction Part I. Is the universal republic possible? 2: Arguments on possibility 3: Would the universal republic be viable? 4: Is the universal republic achievable? Part II. Is the universal republic desirable? 5: Arguments on desirability 6: Universal republic or confederation of democracies? 7: Universal republic or polycentric democracy? 8: Conclusions Appendices Appendix I: List of democratic regimes Appendix II: Sources of data Appendix III: Goodness-of-fit statistics Appendix IV: Regression tables References Index