Publisher's Synopsis
Even though there is little sign that either states or nationalist aspirations are about to wither away, there is now a growing suspicion that the principle of state sovereignty offers an inadequate response to the most fundamental questions of political life. Can we survive processes of militarization predicated on the demands of national security? To what extent can claims of sovereign autonomy be compatible with emerging patterns of interdependence and the restructuring of a global political economy? How are we to respond to ecological processes that transgress territorial jurisdictions? What, in fact, can democracy mean in an age of global capital flows and nuclear deterrence?;The authors of this book attempt to come to terms with the principle of state sovereignty in relation to such questions and from a variety of intellectual traditions. They are concerned especially with the relationship between emerging challenges to state sovereignty and contemporary attempts to develop new forms of political community that will enhance the possibilities of effective democratic participation.
