Globalization and the Liberal Democratic State

In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 261-285

Abstract

Globalization & regionalization influence the political, legal, economic, & military institutions of modern liberal democratic states & are producing both integration through the growth of communication & interconnectedness & fragmentation through the weakening of existing political relations. This global context challenges the meaning & suitability of democratic politics in three arenas: (1) scope & capacity of the state regulatory ability; (2) the representativeness & accountability of the state to its regional & ethnic communities & movements; & (3) the relationship between sovereignity, democracy, & the territorial political community. D. Generoli