Empowering Affected Interests
Democratic Inclusion in a Globalized World

This book reimagines the democratic project for a globalized world in which states can no longer satisfy democratic ambitions.

Archon Fung (Edited by), Sean W. D. Gray (Edited by)

9781009454018, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 November 2024

296 pages
23.5 x 16 x 2.3 cm, 0.57 kg

'A rich and enlightening exploration of the meaning and implications of the deceptively commonsensical and practically tricky principle that what affects all should be decided by all.' Helene Landemore, Political Science, Yale University

Many demands for democratic inclusion rest on a simple yet powerful idea. It's a principle of affected interests. The principle states that all those affected by a collective decision should have a say in making that decision. Yet, in today's highly globalized world, the implications of this 'All-Affected Principle' are potentially radical and far-reaching. Empowering Affected Interests brings together a distinguished group of leading democratic theorists and philosophers to debate whether and how to rewrite the rules of democracy to account for the increasing interdependence of states, markets, and peoples. It examines the grounds that justify democratic inclusion across borders of states, localities, and the private sector, on topics ranging from immigration and climate change to labor markets and philanthropy. The result is an original and important reassessment of the All-Affected Principle and its alternatives that advances our understanding of the theory and practice of democracy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Introduction Archon Fung and Sean W.D. Gray
Part I. Subjection, Interaction, Power and Domination: 1. Proximity principle, adieu Robert E. Goodin
2. Equity, social justice, and the all-affected principle Mark E. Warren
3. Two complaints about undemocratic exclusion Sean W. D. Gray
4. Deterritorializing democratic legitimacy Melissa S. Williams: 5. Self-determination and the all-affected principle Anna Stilz
Part II. Membership Within and Beyond Borders: 6. The all-affected principle and immigration Joseph H. Carens
7. Who should decide? Beyond the democratic boundary problem Laura Valentini
8. Boundaries of political communities and the all-affected principle Tomer J. Perry
Part III. Taming Economic Power: 9. The all-affected principle and labor rights Carol C. Gould
10. The all-affected principle and global political legitimacy Terry Macdonald
11. Markets, fairness, and the all-affected principle Thomas Christiano
12. The all-affected principle and climate change Melissa Lane
Part IV. Autonomy, Affectedness, and Associations: 13. Cities, structural power, and the all-affected principle Clarissa Rile Hayward
14. Philanthropy and the all-affected principle Emma Saunders-Hastings and Rob Reich
15. INGOs, the all-affected principle, and social justice organizations Jennifer C. Rubenstein.

Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA]