Unsettled Legitimacy : Political Community, Power, and Authority in a Global Era

Bernstein, Steven (EDT); Coleman, William D. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0774817186 ISBN 13: 9780774817189
Published by UBC Press, 2010
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Globalization has challenged taken-for-granted relationships of rulein local, regional, national, and international settings. Thisunsettling of legitimacy raises questions. Under what conditions doindividuals and communities accept globalized decision making aslegitimate? And what political practices do individuals andcollectivities under globalization use to exercise autonomy?

To answer these questions, the contributors to UnsettledLegitimacy explore the disruptions and reconfigurations ofpolitical authority that accompany globalization. Arguing that welive in an era in which political legitimacy at multiple scales ofauthority is under strain, they show that globalization has alsocreated demands for regulation, security, and the protection of rightsand expressions of individual and collective autonomy within and acrossmultiple political and geographic spaces. Instead of offeringsimplistic arguments for or against global governance, enhanceddemocracy, or economic integration, the contributors provide asophisticated examination of the complexities of legitimacy andautonomy in a globalizing world.

About the Author:

Steven Bernstein is an associate professor ofpolitical science and associate director of the Centre forInternational Studies, University of Toronto. William D.Coleman is CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy atthe Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor in theDepartment of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Contributors: Ian Cooper, Harvey A. Feit, Tara C.Goetze, Heike Härting, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Michael Keating, JohnMcGarry, Margaret Moore, Peter Nyers, Sylvia Ostry, Leslie A. Pal,Nisha Shah, Jackie Smith, Julie Sunday, and Melissa S. Williams

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Title: Unsettled Legitimacy : Political Community, ...
Publisher: UBC Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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