On Restructuring Territoriality: Europe and the United States Compared - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521532620 ISBN 13: 9780521532624

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The bundling of political authority into mutually exclusive territorial boundaries - territoriality - is a fundamental principle of modern political organization. Indeed, it provides the foundation for other cherished institutions - national sovereignty, citizenship, the modern welfare state, and democracy. Are globalization, internationalization, and Europeanization conspiring to unbundle territoriality? If so, are sovereignty, citizenship, the welfare state, and democracy unravelling as well? Is a new post-national, non-territorial form of political organization, heralded by the European Union, being born? With a focus on Europe, this volume explores these issues from various substantive and theoretical perspectives. The authors find evidence of the diffusion of authority both within and beyond the state, producing novel institutional arrangements and new modes of governance. But the United States may provide more useful insights into the new dispensation than the idea of a post-national, non-territorial politics. Interest in contemporary challenges to democracy run throughout this volume.

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Review

'This important collection will shape the next wave of scholarship in comparative politics.' David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine

'Ansell and DiPalma have achieved a rarity in contemporary scholarship: a genuine contribution to the accumulation of knowledge in the social sciences.' Jeffery Anderson, Georgetown University

Book Description

Are globalization, internationalization, and Europeanization conspiring to unbundle territoriality? If so, are sovereignty, citizenship, the welfare state, and democracy unravelling as well? Is a new post-national, non-territorial form of political organization, heralded by the EU, being born? Focusing on Europe, this volume explores these issues from substantive and theoretical perspectives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521532620
• ISBN 13: 9780521532624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Ansell Christopher K.