World state or nation-states? Democratic or hegemonic transnational order? Illusions and delusions. . . Ethnic conflicts, religious fundamentalism and evanescent, hard-to-grasp worldwide terrorism-what will be humanity's political future? This study is the first to try to find non-conventional solutions to this problem.
World state or nation-states? Democratic or hegemonic transnational order? Illusions and delusions. . . Ethnic conflicts, religious fundamentalism and evanescent, hard-to-grasp worldwide terrorism-what will be humanity's political future? This study is the first to try to find non-conventional solutions to this problem.
Victor Segesvary is retired United Nations Development Program Director and serves as a visiting professor and lecturer.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Introduction- Global Framework: The Dialectics of Space and Place Chapter 2 PART I: LAND, TERRITORY, AND NATION-STATES:Space, Place and Territoriality: Basic Conceptual Variations: Space and Place; Space, Place, and Time; Territoriality: Land and Territory- The Land, Homeland and Territoriality, Territory Chapter 3 The Nation-State and Citizenship: Land and Territory in Non-Modern Societies; The Creation of Sovereign Nation-States; Democracy and the Nation-State; The Modern State and Modern Citizenship; Globalization and the Nation-State Chapter 4 Legal Aspects of the Relationship Between Territory and the State: The Role of Territory in Western Civilization: The Constitution of Limits and Frontiers, the Role of Bureaucracies and the Reification of Space; The Role of Territory in the non-West Chapter 5 The Multinational State and Human Rights: Minorities, Autonomy, Exclusion, and Segregation; The Human Rights Regime: Its Necessity and Its Limits Chapter 6 The State and Civil Society: The Concept of Civil Society; Power and Society; Deformations of the Concept of Civil Society; Civil Society in Other Civilizations; Civilizational Pluralism and Civil Society Chapter 7 PART II: OPTIONS FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL RE-ORDERING OF THE POLITICAL SPHERE: Introductory Note Chapter 8 The Illusion of the World State: An Unrealizable Option: Demographic Evolution; The Evolution of Society; The Organization of the Public Sphere; The Globalization of Economic Activities; International Security; The Nascent Global Culture; Normative Chapter 9 A Non-Centralized and Democratic Political Order: A Utopic Vision?: The New World of Political Entities in the Future: Constituting Elements of the New Entities, Co-ordination Between Political Entities at Regional or Sub-Regional Levels; Governance Chapter 10 The Informational Society and Networking Political Communities: The Concept of Information Reconsidered; The Information Society and Virtual Reality: Description of the Information Society, the Information Society in Spatial and Temporal Perspective Chapter 11 Technologies and Infrastructural Buildup: Organizational Environments as Virtual Public Spheres; Information and Communication Systems; Interactive Multimedia and Communication: Computer-Based Communication Networks, the Integrated Broadband Communi Chapter 12 Notes Chapter 13 List of References Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 1 Introduction- Global Framework: The Dialectics of Space and Place Chapter 2 PART I: LAND, TERRITORY, AND NATION-STATES:Space, Place and Territoriality: Basic Conceptual Variations: Space and Place; Space, Place, and Time; Territoriality: Land and Territory- The Land, Homeland and Territoriality, Territory Chapter 3 The Nation-State and Citizenship: Land and Territory in Non-Modern Societies; The Creation of Sovereign Nation-States; Democracy and the Nation-State; The Modern State and Modern Citizenship; Globalization and the Nation-State Chapter 4 Legal Aspects of the Relationship Between Territory and the State: The Role of Territory in Western Civilization: The Constitution of Limits and Frontiers, the Role of Bureaucracies and the Reification of Space; The Role of Territory in the non-West Chapter 5 The Multinational State and Human Rights: Minorities, Autonomy, Exclusion, and Segregation; The Human Rights Regime: Its Necessity and Its Limits Chapter 6 The State and Civil Society: The Concept of Civil Society; Power and Society; Deformations of the Concept of Civil Society; Civil Society in Other Civilizations; Civilizational Pluralism and Civil Society Chapter 7 PART II: OPTIONS FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL RE-ORDERING OF THE POLITICAL SPHERE: Introductory Note Chapter 8 The Illusion of the World State: An Unrealizable Option: Demographic Evolution; The Evolution of Society; The Organization of the Public Sphere; The Globalization of Economic Activities; International Security; The Nascent Global Culture; Normative Chapter 9 A Non-Centralized and Democratic Political Order: A Utopic Vision?: The New World of Political Entities in the Future: Constituting Elements of the New Entities, Co-ordination Between Political Entities at Regional or Sub-Regional Levels; Governance Chapter 10 The Informational Society and Networking Political Communities: The Concept of Information Reconsidered; The Information Society and Virtual Reality: Description of the Information Society, the Information Society in Spatial and Temporal Perspective Chapter 11 Technologies and Infrastructural Buildup: Organizational Environments as Virtual Public Spheres; Information and Communication Systems; Interactive Multimedia and Communication: Computer-Based Communication Networks, the Integrated Broadband Communi Chapter 12 Notes Chapter 13 List of References Chapter 14 Index
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