several scholars contributed to a fascinating roundtable on the idea of
global democracy at the American Sociological Association meeting in
Toronto in August. I believe that Bill Robinson (Soc, U of Tennessee) is
organizing a session on that same topic for the next ASA meeting in San
Francisco.
Bill Robinson's Promoting Polyarchy (Cambridge 1996) is a fascinating
study of US foreign policy and the contested idea of democracy in the
era of "democracy promotion" by the National Endowment of Democracy. the
problem is to define and mobilize a globalization from below that
challenges the hegemony of neo-liberal versions of democracy.
no problem.
chris