A multidisciplinary array of experts explore the issues related to globalisation and democracy. They focus on federalism, multi-cultural societies, the European Union and potential agents for the democratisation of global institutions.

It provides a radical critique of globally hegemonic liberal democracy and neo-liberal globalism, arguing that national democracy has to be strengthened, rather than by-passed, and articulated with new forms of democracy which cross national borders. Transnational Democracy is a multi-disciplinary volume and covers a variety of perspectives including liberal internationalism and more radical approaches and it will interest students and academics across a range of disciplines, including political science, human geography, international relations, international political economy and sociology. It features studies of the USA, Canada and Eastern Europe as well as the European Union, and work on Australasia, South East Asia and other developing regions.

Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction 1. Questions of democracy, territoriality and globalisation James Anderson 2. Reconstituting the modern state Bhikhu Parekh 3. The limits of federalism in transnational democracy: beyond the hegemony of the US model John Agnew 4. Reconceptualising democracy in the European Union Michael Newman 5. Multi-level citizenship, identity and regions in contemprary Europe Joe Painter 6. Transnational integration and cross-border regions in the European Union Liam
O'Dowd 7. Transnational democracy versus national conflict: border crossings in Ireland James Anderson and Douglas Hamilton 8. Democratising global institutions:
possibilities, limits and normative foundations Anthony McGrew 9. Holding the middle ground in the transnationalisation process Kees van der Pijl 10. The democratic potential of non-governmental organisations Joachim Hirsch 11. Contesting corporate globalism: sources of power, channels for democratisation James Goodman 12. Relocating the demos? Peter Taylor