"id","author_first1","author_last1","title","year","publication","volume","pages","summary","keyword0","keyword1","keyword2","type" "40","Ronaldo","Munck","Globalization and Democracy: A New 'Great Transformation'","2002","ANNALS","V 581","10-21","

Question(s) addressed by the author and working arguments

Relate the globalization and democracy debate to an early one on capitalism and democracy, because is relevant today. Introduce the main arguments around globalization as a negative or positive factor in relation to democratization.

Democracy can be seen to be at the centre of a whole variety of ideoscopes; for example, we can argue the process known as globalization.

A transnational capitalist class based on the transnational corporation is emerging that is more or less in control of the processes of globalization. Globalization threatens established rights of labour through its undermining of state capacity to guarantee this rights. There is now a transnational democratic terrain infinitely more developed than when the UN was formed.

In relation to labour as transnational social agent, we can certainly note changes in the past decade or so. While some strategists still seek to prioritize the national level, the transnational arena is becoming increasingly important for this particular old/new social actor. Democracy in the era of globalisation must now include a transnational element.

Conceptual references to transnational – transnationalism

Transnational capitalist, transnational corporation, transnational social agents and transnational arena.

Conclusions or Final Remarks

New global social modes of regulation will emerge. In spite of sporadic enthusiasm for the UN as potential world government, in the era of globalization, very little indicates that this is a realistic option.

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