Transnational Self-determination. Resetting Self-Government in the Age of Interdependence

Abstract: The world of Westphalia, in which the subjects of self-government were well defined, is over. We are in a new constellation in which we seem to be governed by others, especially in Europe. This other-determination is not a temporary situation but a democratic requirement when our decisions determine the future for other people. Is there any way to make just that which appears to be inevitable? Democratizing the side-effects of our decisions requires the institutionalization of reciprocity. Democracy is not more possible in a single country – today less so than ever.

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