Pluralist Democracy in International Relations: L.T. Hobhouse, G.D.H. Cole, and David Mitrany

Author:   Leonie Holthaus
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
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9783030099572


Pages:   257
Publication Date:   15 December 2018
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This book demonstrates the importance of democracy for understanding modern international relations and recovers the pluralist tradition of L.T. Hobhouse, G.D.H. Cole, and David Mitrany. It shows that pluralism’s typical interest in civil society, trade unionism, and transnationalism evolved as part of a wide-ranging democratic critique that representative democracies are hardly self-sustaining and are ill-equipped to represent all entitled social and political interests in international relations. Pluralist democratic peace theory advocates transnational loyalties to check nationalist sentiments and demands the functional representation of social and economic interests in international organizations. On the basis of the pluralist tradition, the book shows that theories about domestic democracy and international organizations co-evolved before scientific liberal democratic peace theory introduced new inside/outside distinctions.

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Author:   Leonie Holthaus
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030099572


ISBN 10:   3030099571
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   15 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1. Introduction.- 2. The Nineteenth Century and the Origins of Modern Democracy.- 3. L.T. Hobhouse’s Qualification of the Democratic Peace Thesis.- 4. Nationalism, Liberal Democracy, and the Prospects for International Cooperation.- 5. G.D.H. Cole’s Wars: At the Homefront.- 6. Narratives of Democratic Decline and Reconstruction.- 7. David Mitrany and the Purposes of Functional Pluralism.- 8. Twentieth-Century Representative Democracy and the Democratic Legitimacy of the United Nations.- 9. Conclusion.

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Leonie Holthaus is Senior Research Fellow at TU Darmstadt, Germany, and the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” at Frankfurt University, Germany. Her articles have appeared in the European Journal of International Relations, the Review of International Studies, and the International History Review. 

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