Transnational Justice and Democracy

Rainer Forst

No 12, RECON Online Working Papers Series from RECON

Abstract: This paper argues against three traditional dogmas in political theory: the thesis of the (conceptual and practical) incompatibility between democracy and justice; the idea that a context of justice only exists within the confines of a state; and the view that political democracy presupposes a demos organised within a state. Only if these dogmas are overcome can a proper conception of transnational justice and democracy be worked out. The key to this is the right picture of justice as based on a principle of discursive justification.

Keywords: democracy; democratization; discourse; normative political theory; political science; supranationalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-04-15
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