Download or read book Democracy in an Age of Globalisation written by Otfried Höffe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author develops a comprehensive analysis of the demands which the process of globalization exerts on the political organisations of humanity. The author starts from a diagnosis of the process of globalisation. The question central to the book can be formulated as follows: "How can the social, moral and legal achievements of the nation-state be retained while its structure is reshaped to satisfy the requirements of a globalised world?"