Global democratization and international regime complexity
Global democratization and international regime complexity
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全球民主化和国际制度的复杂性
DOI：
10.1177/1354066113497492
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Jonathan Kuyper
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作者：
Jonathan Kuyper
如何在现有的全球体系中最好地追求和促进民主？在这篇文章中，我提出了一个新颖的建议：民主化应该发生在国际制度复杂性的层面上。由于世界政治的每个问题领域都是不同的，因此我们需要针对全球民主赤字采取量身定制的（而不是一刀切的）应对措施。我将全球民主概念化为一个持续的民主化过程，其中一组核心规范价值观或多或少得到满足。我将平等参与、问责制和制度可修订性解释为这些关键标准。我认为，政权复合体的民主化应该发生在两个不同的层面：（1）多边谈判领域； (2)规则制定者和规则接受者之间民主实验主义的制度形式。我通过分析知识产权制度综合体来评估和捍卫这一论点的潜力。由于知识产权对全球民主人士来说是一个“棘手的问题”，因此我们应该对替代政权复合体的民主化持乐观态度。
How can democracy best be pursued and promoted in the existing global system? In this article, I propose a novel suggestion: democratization should occur at the level of international regime complexity. Because each issue-area of world politics is distinct, we require tailor-made (as opposed to one-size-fits-all) responses to the global democratic deficit. I conceptualize global democracy as an ongoing process of democratization in which a set of core normative values are more or less satisfied. I explicate equal participation, accountability, and institutional revisability as those key standards. I argue that the democratization of regime complexes should occur across two distinct planes: (1) the realm of multilateral negotiations; and (2) institutional forms of democratic experimentalism between rule-makers and rule-takers. I evaluate and defend the potential of this argument by analyzing the intellectual property rights regime complex. Because intellectual property rights represent a ‘tough case’ for global democrats, we should be optimistic about the democratization of alternative regime complexes.