Globalization and Self-Government

Issue Date July 2002
Volume 13
Issue 3
Page Numbers 54-67
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Until now, globalization and democratization have been mutually reinforcing, but in the future globalization may pose serious challenges for democracy.

About the Author

Marc F. Plattner, founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy. He also serves as cochair of the International Advisory Board of the Institute for Political Studies at the Portuguese Catholic University.

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