Democratic Global Governance, Political Inequality, and the Nationalist Retrenchment Hypothesis

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ID9951453
AuthorsJoshua K Dubrow (0000-0002-0140-8441, Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume43
Issue2
Pages55-69
Publication date2013-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2753/ijs0020-7659430203
OpenAlexW4205975204
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

Is global governance inevitable? Is democratic global governance likely? I point out two obstacles that lie in the path toward democratic global governance: political inequality and nationalist retrenchment. While global governance is already here, democratic global governance is held back by political inequality within and between countries. In this context, nationalist retrenchment, a stop and backslide toward unilaterialism where nations eschew global governance strategies, also poses a challenge to the democratic development of global governance institutions. This article serves to continue the conversation among sociologists and other social scientists on the optimistic hopes for democratic global governance

Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Global governance · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Retrenchment · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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