{"product_id":"democracy-in-world-politics-von-jan-ludert","title":"Democracy in world politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - General and Theories, grade: 1.0, The Australian National University, language: English, abstract: This text concerns itself with answering two central questions of the democratic principle in the current arena of world politics. The questions are: Is international politics ultimately all about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epower and interest, such that democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshould\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eremain of marginal importance to international\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelations?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf democratic states are ¿morally reliable¿, do\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe need democratisation of the international\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystem itself, or can we just rely on coalitions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof these ¿reliable¿ states? The study of International Relations (IR) has long been concerned with Realpolitik, a form of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitical realism, which puts the self-help (military power) and survival (interest) motives of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estates at the centre of its inquiry to explain the structural realities of the anarchic international\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystem, which is seen to exist under a constant threat of war. (Waltz, 1979) [Market] liberalism,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the other hand, opposes the realist tradition and aims for the emancipation of humanity. In the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliberal tradition, the authority of democratic nations and the proliferation of free-markets are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelieved to need to extend to the international system, in order to bring about peace, security\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Fukuyama, 1989) and happy consumers. The Neo-conservatives within the US administration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseem to have embraced both realism and market liberalism and combined the two into a mesh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat is hard to disentangle. Therefore, an obvious observation of the current era of US hegemony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoes indeed reaffirm that power and the interest of agencies in the international arena are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprominent attributes of international politics. Powerful states, such as the US in Iraq, wage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunilateral wars to secure their strategic interests and at the same time support market liberalism,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhile the biggest beneficiaries, multinational corporations (MNCs), smile broadly in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebackground. In this regard, it appears as if notions of democracy, power, and interest are not only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejuxtaposed, but are in fact feeding on each other, perpetuating but one form of democracy ¿ that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof market liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656763086\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656763086","offer_id":39447271080029,"sku":"9783656763086","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/e1723393-01ed-42f1-b698-e13ef58fea2f.jpg?v=1778131089","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/democracy-in-world-politics-von-jan-ludert","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}