Democracy, Globalization, and the Problem of the State
Author(s)
Goodhart, Michael
Abstract
The author’s primary aim in this article is to suggest that a good deal of the confusion surrounding the problem of democracy and globalization arises because we are asking the wrong questions. The usual question–how does globalization affect democracy–emphasizes globalization. Answering it requires that we quantify globalization’s effects and measure them against some (invariably controversial) historical baseline. The problem quickly becomes a quantitative one. The author argues here that a different question–why does globalization affect democracy–offers a more promising approach to resolving much of the confusion on these points.
