Globalization and Democratization: Institutional Design for Glob torrent

AUTHOR: Margaret Moore

ABSTRACT:
This paper is concerned with the best way to conceptualize democracy for
supranational and transnational institutions. In this paper, I assume, without
examining the evidence, the veracity of the often-repeated argument that there is
an increasing need for transnational and supranational institutions in the new
global context; and consider, in that context, the type of democratic legitimacy
that might attach to such institutions.1 This latter focus represents a departure from some current cosmopolitan theorizing about such global institutions, which offer a justice-based account of their legitimacy, namely, global institutions are justified if they bring about a fairer world.2 I then attempt to sketch the sort of account that would be necessary to create democratic and accountable global institutions.