Just because democratic values and processes exist within countries doesn't necessarily lead to global democracy. Cosmopolitics, in the formulation of Archibugi (director, Italian National Research Council), argues for the principles of the rule of law and of democracy to be instituted at a national level. He presents 14 papers (six of which originally appeared in the New Left Review ) that agree on that basic premise but disagree on the exact form it should take. Among the topics are a critique of currently existing cosmopolitanism (in the form of the United Nations and other organizations), the impact of the global order on the possibilities for genuine democracy in developing countries, a critique of the Imperial Presidency, and the role of the global justice movement in promoting cosmopolitan democracy. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Cosmopolitics, the concept of a world politics based on shared democratic values, is in an increasingly fragile state. While Western democracies insist ever more vehemently upon a maintenance of their privilegesfreedom of speech, security, wealthan increasing number of the world's inhabitants are under threat of poverty, famine and war. What is needed, the writers suggest, is a deliberate decision to extend the principles and values of democracy to the sphere of international relations. Recent experience does not bode well, but their arguments, which range from reform of the United Nations, reduction of military weapons, additional power for international judiciary institutions and an increase in aid to developing countries, urge new and inspired action.
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