{"product_id":"discursive-representation-and-the-struggle-for-democracy-von-jan-ludert","title":"Discursive representation and the struggle for democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssay from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - General and Theories, grade: 1.0, The Australian National University, language: English, abstract: The World Trade Organization (WTO) has become the guardian angel of trade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliberalisation, but its growing global power especially after the 1999 Seattle debacle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas engendered growing public scrutiny.2 A number of scholars, activists and critics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare concerned with the democratic deficit in system-level institutions, in particular the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWTO, and are searching for solutions and alternatives to promote democratic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elegitimacy an accountability in global institutions.3 In this modern era of globalisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand democracy, in which the forces of a globalised economy constrain and elude the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtrol of the nation state and its populus, a crucial question comes to the fore4: Can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edemocracy in its present form, as bounded to territorial and sovereign states, address\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe increasing transnationalisation of society or is there a need to advocate a new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epillar of democratic interaction more suitable to counteract real existing globalisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand its proponents?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783638956093\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783638956093","offer_id":39439368847453,"sku":"9783638956093","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/2497905a-dcc5-4b1b-a22b-48c2125c07ed.jpg?v=1777611192","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/discursive-representation-and-the-struggle-for-democracy-von-jan-ludert","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}