Governing a Global Community of Shared Risks

Authors: Masciulli, Joseph; Day, Richard B.

Source: Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Volume 4, Numbers 3-4, 2005 , pp. 681-706(26)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

This chapter considers interpretations of the globalization process along a continuum ranging from "realist" emphasis upon sovereignty in the inter-state system to "idealist" projections of cosmopolitan citizenship and even global government. The work of Jürgen Habermas is taken to be the most comprehensive via media between the "extreme" positions. In The Postnational Constellation, Habermas relates morality to ethics in explaining the potential for, but also the current limitations upon, cosmopolitan projects. The example of the European Union demonstrates the possibility for politics to "catch up" with globalizing markets.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156915005775093250

Publication date: 2005-09-01