Democratic globalization is asocial movement towards an institutional system of globaldemocracy.[1] One of its proponents is the British political thinkerDavid Held. In the last decade, Held published a dozen books regarding the spread of democracy from territorially defined nation states to a system ofglobal governance that encompasses the entire world. For some,democratic mundialisation (from the French term mondialisation) is a variant of democratic globalisation that emphasizes the need for citizens worldwide to directly elect world leaders and members of global institutions; for others, it is just democratic globalization by another name.[2]
These proponents state that democratic globalisation's purpose is to:
Democratic globalization supporters state that the choice of political orientations should be left to the world citizens via their participation in world democratic institutions. Some proponents in theanti-globalization movement do not necessarily disagree with this position. For example,George Monbiot, normally associated with the anti-globalization movement (who prefers the termglobal justice movement), has proposed in his workAge of Consent similar democratic reforms of most major global institutions, suggesting direct democratic elections of such bodies and a form ofworld government.
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Democratic globalization supports the extension of political democratization to economic andfinancial globalization. It is based upon an idea that free international transactions benefit the global society as a whole. They believe in financiallyopen economies, where the government andcentral bank must be transparent in order to retain the confidence of the markets, since transparency spells doom forautocratic regimes. They promote democracy that makes leaders more accountable to the citizenry through the removal of restrictions on such transactions.
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The democratic globalization movement started to get public attention when New York Times reported its demonstration to contest aWorld Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, Washington, November 1999. This gathering was to criticize unfair trade and undemocratic globalization of the WTO,World Bank,World Economic Forum (WEF), theInternational Monetary Fund. Its primary tactics were public rallies, street theater andcivil disobedience.
Democratic globalization, proponents claim, would be reached by creating democratic global institutions and changinginternational organizations (which are currentlyintergovernmental institutions controlled by the nation-states), into global ones controlled by world citizens. The movement suggests to do it gradually by building a limited number of democratic global institutions in charge of a few crucial fields of common interest. Its long-term goal is that these institutions federate later into a full-fledged democratic world government.
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Thus, it supports theInternational Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, that would allow for participation of member nations' legislators and, eventually, direct election of United Nations (UN) parliament members by citizens worldwide.
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Democratic globalization supporters state that the choice of political orientations should be left to theworld citizens, via their participation in world democratic institutions and direct vote for world presidents (seepresidentialism).
Some supporters of the "anti-globalization movement" do not necessarily disagree with this position. For example,George Monbiot, normally associated with the anti-globalization movement (who prefers the termGlobal Justice Movement) in his workAge of Consent has proposed similar democratic reforms of most major global institutions, suggesting direct democratic elections of such bodies by citizens, and suggests a form of "federal world government".
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Democratic globalization, proponents claim, would be reached by creating democraticglobal institutions and changing international organizations (which are currently intergovernmental institutions controlled by the nation-states), into global ones controlled by voting by the citizens. The movement suggests to do it gradually by building a limited number of democratic global institutions in charge of a few crucial fields of common interest. Its long-term goal is that these institutions federate later into a full-fledgeddemocratic world government.
They propose the creation of world services for citizens, like worldcivil protection andprevention (fromnatural hazards) services.
The concept of democratic globalization has supporters from all fields. Many of the campaigns and initiatives for global democracy, such as the UNPA campaign, list quotes by and names of their supporters on their websites.[3]
Some of the most prolific proponents are theBritish political thinkerDavid Held and the Italian political theoristDaniele Archibugi. In the last decade they published several books regarding the spread of democracy from territorially defined nation states to a system ofglobal governance that encapsulates the entire planet.Richard Falk has developed the idea from aninternational law perspective,Ulrich Beck from a sociological approach andJürgen Habermas has elaborate the normative principles.
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