Gobalization, Power, and Democracy

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review | Date: July 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Globalization, Power, and Democracy, edited by Marc F. Plattner and Aleksander Smolar.

Globalization as a topic may seem to be exhausted by now, but this collection of essays manages to provide some fresh perspectives on this much debated subject. The highlight of the volume is an essay on "Globalization and Fragmentation" by Jean-Marie Guehenno, one of the premiere theorists of the idea of "the end of the nation state." Robert Cooper's "Integration and Disintegration" is also outstanding, and Philippe Schmitter's "Democracy, the EU, and the ...

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