Transnational Democracy

'This volume provides state-of-the-art analysis of the new architecture of globalism and democracy. Eschewing fashionable obituaries for geography and the nation-state, the authors of this volume are sophisticated about the complex territoriality of contemporary political-economic and cultural change. Transnational Democracy is the thinking person's companion volume to the anti-globalization movement' - Neil Smith, City University of New York, USA'In an age of globalization and new supra-national forms of social, economic and political organization the geographic form of democracy is a pressing issue. In this book clearly articulated, fresh, stimulating, often exciting, arguments are brought to bear on this question in a compelling manner. For all those interested in the future of democracy and of the state, this is essential reading. It is an important and timely contribution to a debate of increasing importance' - Kevin Cox, Ohio State University, USA'Globalization is increasingly challenging the order of national political spaces. The contributors to this wide-ranging collection put forward ideas about how we might begin to rethink the future of democratic culture within a new transnational framework. A valuable contribution to one of the most critical debates of our time' - Kevin Robins, Goldsmiths College, UK

• Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction 1. Questions of democracy, territoriality and globalisation James Anderson 2. Reconstituting the modern state Bhikhu Parekh 3. The limits of federalism in transnational democracy: beyond the hegemony of the US model John Agnew 4. Reconceptualising democracy in the European Union Michael Newman 5. Multi-level citizenship, identity and regions in contemprary Europe Joe Painter 6. Transnational integration and cross-border regions in the European Union Liam O'Dowd 7. Transnational democracy versus national conflict: border crossings in Ireland James Anderson and Douglas Hamilton 8. Democratising global institutions: possibilities, limits and normative foundations Anthony McGrew 9. Holding the middle ground in the transnationalisation process Kees van der Pijl 10. The democratic potential of non-governmental organisations Joachim Hirsch 11. Contesting corporate globalism: sources of power, channels for democratisation James Goodman 12. Relocating the demos? Peter Taylor