As meaningful politics shifts from the national to the international arena, international policy must become democratic. International policy making can be effective only if it is legitimate, & democratic representation increases the legitimacy of policy making by assuming the rule of the many. Creating this representation internationally proves difficult because states, rather than individuals, are represented in the UN on a one state/one vote system. This system distorts representation between large & small countries; only 0.5% of the world's population cast 25+% of the General Assembly votes. Several proposals seek to increase the democratic nature of the UN, including forming a popularly elected Second Assembly & reforming General Assembly voting to give nations votes proportional to their populations. 8 References. E. Munson
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