Liberalism is in trouble as a normative basis of world order,partly for its failure to deliver adequate democracy to contemporary globalisation.This article explores how new ideas and practices of democracy might unde...Liberalism is in trouble as a normative basis of world order,partly for its failure to deliver adequate democracy to contemporary globalisation.This article explores how new ideas and practices of democracy might underpin a future post-liberal world order.The discussion especially addresses methodological issues,on the premise that the way that global democracy is studied deeply affects the ways that it can be understood and enacted.To open space for more innovative thinking about people's power in a global world,the article develops an approach which—in contrast to established liberal theorising-mphasises principles of diversity,reflexivity,and praxis.Drawing on experiences of implementing these principles in a six-year'Building Global Democracy' programme,the article argues that such a method-ology can generate different,imaginative and transformative notions.In particular,post-liberal reinventions of democracy could redefine the demos,incorporate non-modern institutions,deepen justice,and confront structural power hierarchies.To be sure,as the final section reflects,the formulation and implementation of post-liberal constructions of global democracy face considerable challenges.Yet,with no less than the future of a good society at stake,it is vital further to pursue such experiments in globality beyond liberalism.展开更多
基金My huge gratitude for 6 years of inspirational collaboration and feedback goes to co-conveners of the Building Global Democracy(BGD)programme:Diana Brydon,Jessica Byron,Alla Glinchikova,Sitiveni Halapua,Heba Raouf Ezzat,Anand Kumar,Moema de Miranda,Alfred Nhema,and Peng Zongchao.Enormous thanks also go to the Ford Foundation(Grant No.1080-0271)for generous core funding of the BGD initiativeSupplementary BGD project support was gratefully received from the Centre for Global Cooperation Research(University of Duisburg-Essen),the Centre for Governance Innovation(University of Pretoria),the Gothenburg Centre of Globalisation and Development(University of Gothenburg),Oxfam Novib,and World Vision Australia.
文摘Liberalism is in trouble as a normative basis of world order,partly for its failure to deliver adequate democracy to contemporary globalisation.This article explores how new ideas and practices of democracy might underpin a future post-liberal world order.The discussion especially addresses methodological issues,on the premise that the way that global democracy is studied deeply affects the ways that it can be understood and enacted.To open space for more innovative thinking about people's power in a global world,the article develops an approach which—in contrast to established liberal theorising-mphasises principles of diversity,reflexivity,and praxis.Drawing on experiences of implementing these principles in a six-year'Building Global Democracy' programme,the article argues that such a method-ology can generate different,imaginative and transformative notions.In particular,post-liberal reinventions of democracy could redefine the demos,incorporate non-modern institutions,deepen justice,and confront structural power hierarchies.To be sure,as the final section reflects,the formulation and implementation of post-liberal constructions of global democracy face considerable challenges.Yet,with no less than the future of a good society at stake,it is vital further to pursue such experiments in globality beyond liberalism.
