Two Dilemmas of Global Democracy: Towards a Non-Exclusionary System.

This paper defends the case for a non-exclusionary theory of global democracy. The argument is built through the examination of two key dilemmas of global democracy that touch upon the issue of inclusion and jurisdictional boundaries. While the first concerns the legitimate principle to be used to draw political jurisdictions, the second considers the subsequent institutional model to be adopted. Three principal options are examined both for the first dilemma (i.e. the principle of all-inclusion, stake-holders, and political communities) and for the second (i.e. the models of world federalism, global governance, and cosmopolitan multilateralism). The paper shows that the options most consistent with the principle of political participation delineate an all-inclusive and cosmo-federalist model of global democracy. As a response to the current state of international exclusion, the radical project of stretching the paradigm of democratic inclusion to the extreme limit encompassing the whole of mankind is defended. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]