This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosophical analysis of the nature and prospects of democracy today.

Models of Democracy provides a critical reassessment of major theories of democracy from ancient Greece to the present, along with the author's own prescription for revitalizing contemporary democratic politics.

In this book, the authors set forth a new model of globalization that lays claims to supersede existing models, and then use this model to assess the way the processes of globalization have operated in different historic periods in respect ...

This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis.

In this book David Held provides a much-needed introduction to, and evaluation of, critical theory.

In this pathbreaking book, one of the world’s leading analysts of globalization and global governance confronts the failures of international politics in the aftermath of 9/11 and the war against Iraq.

Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The Demise of Globalization?

This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics.

This book offers a vital new perspective on world politics as well as a practical guide for positive change in global policy.

And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization? In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions by analyzing the experiences of twelve states from across Asia, the Americas and Africa.