Conceptualising globalisation, cultural identity and democracy

Jan-Erik Lane ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2003, vol. 23, issue 4, 580-603

Abstract: Communitarianism offers a rationale for the growing relevance of communities. Its key question is also the one that globalisation makes highly relevant, namely: Who are we? What way of life do we wish to support? Communitarianism underlines the politics of mutual respect as the democratic state’s proper reaction to multiculturalism. Such a politics of mutual respect would be truly global. The paradox of globalisation is that it both makes communal politics more salient while it at the same time calls for a politics of mutual respect which may reduce ethnic and religious conflict. Globalisation increases the search for communal identity. However, a politics of mutual respect may reduce conflicts between communities and enhance global respect for different cultures, where different civilisations accept a common core of institutions. JEL Classification: F2; M14.

Keywords: Culture; democracy; globalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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