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The universal republic : a realistic utopia? /

"Can humanity achieve collective self-government in a highly interdependent world? Catastrophic climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics, war and displacement, the dangers of nuclear weapons and new technologies, and persistent poverty and inequality are among the global challenges that exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Democracy.
Federal government.
Republicanism.
Utopias.
Républicanisme.
Utopies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Geopolitics.
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part I. Is the universal republic possible?
  • 2 Arguments on possibility
  • 2.1 Possibility as feasibility
  • 2.2 Motivational constraints
  • 2.3 Structural constraints
  • 2.4 Institutional constraints
  • 2.5 Assessing feasibility arguments
  • 2.6 Concluding remarks
  • 3 Would the universal republic be viable?
  • 3.1 Method
  • 3.2 Measures of democracy and its correlates
  • 3.3 Simulating the world state: structural constraints
  • 3.4 Simulating the world state: institutional constraints
  • 3.5 Interpretation
  • 3.6 Concluding remarks
  • 4 Is the universal republic achievable?
  • 4.1 Structural constraints
  • 4.2 Motivational constraints: social movements
  • 4.3 Motivational constraints: citizens
  • 4.4 Motivational constraints: governments
  • 4.4.1 International authority and resources
  • 4.4.2 Democracy in international organizations
  • 4.5 Multilevel governance?
  • 4.6 Concluding remarks
  • Part II. Is the universal republic desirable?
  • 5 Arguments on desirability
  • 5.1. Normative postulates
  • 5.1.1 Foundations
  • 5.1.2 The question of regulatory scope
  • 5.1.3 The question of modal robustness
  • 5.1.4 Democracy and human rights
  • 5.2 The state of the world
  • 5.2.1 Coercion beyond borders
  • 5.2.2 Harm beyond borders
  • 5.2.3 Profound impact beyond borders
  • 5.2.4 The problem of private power
  • 5.3 The universal republic as a solution
  • 5.3.1 Legislative, judicial, and executive functions
  • 5.3.2 Institutional design for autonomy and equality
  • 5.4 Concluding remarks
  • 6 Universal republic or confederation of democracies?
  • 6.1 Institutional models
  • 6.2 Quality of democracy
  • 6.3 Majority rule, diversity, and persistent minorities
  • 6.4 International competition and democracy
  • 6.5 Transnational political cleavages
  • 6.6 Concluding remarks
  • 7 Universal republic or polycentric democracy?
  • 7.1 Polycentric perspectives
  • 7.2 Democratic representation
  • 7.3 Nonseparable preferences and democracy
  • 7.4 Nonseparability and trade-offs in global policy
  • 7.5 Institutional design for nonseparability
  • 7.6 Concluding remarks
  • 8 Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I: List of democratic regimes
  • Appendix II: Sources of data
  • Appendix III: Goodness-of-fit statistics
  • Appendix IV: Regression tables
  • References
  • Index