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INTERNATIONAL PROGRESS ORGANIZATION

Studies in International Relations, vol. XXV

GLOBALITY VERSUS DEMOCRACY?
The Changing Nature of International Relations in the Era of Globalization



Edited by Hans Koechler

Date of publication: June 2000, X + 231 pages, ISBN 3-900704-19-8



  Table of contents

Preface by the editor

 I. The Concept of Globalization and its Implications for the Theory of International Relations

 Hans Koechler
The Philosophical Aspects of Globalization - Basic Theses on the Interrelation of Economics, Politics, Morals and Metaphysics in a  Globalized World

Yussuf N. Kly
Globalization: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Edgardo Mercado Jarrín
The Concept of Globalization in the Interdisciplinary Context

Robert Charvin
Le processus de mondialisation – Impact juridique et politique

II. The Status of Democracy and the Nation-State in the Era of Globalization

Rajab Budabbus
Mondialisation et état national

Geoffrey Parker
Globalization and the Status of the Territorial State

Jean-Paul Harpes
An End to Republican Self-determination or a New Beginning? Comments on Some Theses by Jürgen Habermas

III. Globalization vis-à-vis the Requirements of Economic Development and Social Justice

George B. Assaf
Globalization: The Challenges for Multilateral Co-operation as We Approach the 21st Century

Harcharan Singh Josh
The Impact of Globalization on Social Rights

Makoto Itoh
Globalization and the Japanese Economic Impasse

Simon Dalby
Globalizing Environment: Culture, Ontology and Critique

Leo Gabriel
Globalization from Below: Towards a Multicultural Society

Johannes Maerk
Globalization and the Informal Sector. Economic, Social, and Cultural Implications in Latin America and the Caribbean

IV. Globalization, the Autonomy of the Individual and Civilizational Identity

Ahmet Davutoglu
Globalization and the Crisis of Individual and Civilizational Consciousness

William Dan Perdue
The New Totalitarianism: Cyber-hegemony and the Global System

Michael O. Maduagwu
Globalization and its Challenges to National Cultures and Values: A Perspective from Sub-Saharan Africa

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