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ID155158
Title ProperPragmatism and democracy in a global world
LanguageENG
AuthorFrega, Roberto
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article discusses the advantages of a pragmatist theory of global democracy for understanding the political relevance of new phenomena such as the emergence of forms of private authority and transnational movements in tackling with global issues. The article shows in particular that the pragmatist notion of ‘publics’ offers promising insights and proves particularly promising for completing the transition from methodological nationalism to methodological cosmopolitanism that is required to understand new normative practices developing at the global level and to inquire into their conditions of validity. After having presented a basic outline of the pragmatist theory of democracy, I discuss the contribution of pragmatism to the critique of methodological nationalism and proceed then to examine and reject two alternative approaches to global politics – transnational public sphere theory and global representation theory – showing why they fail to overcome methodological nationalism. The last two sections explore private entrepreneurial authority in contexts of global governance and shows that pragmatism succeeds in explaining their political role, while the other two approaches fail.
`In' analytical NoteReview of International Studies Vol. 43, No.4; Oct 2017: p.720-741
Journal SourceReview of International Studies Vol: 43 No 4
Key WordsGlobal Democracy ;  Pragmatism ;  Private Authority ;  Public Sphere ;  John Dewey


 
 
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