A Democratic Theory of Territory and Some Puzzles about Global Democracy

Christiano, Thomas

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9833.2006.00304.x

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“…1 1 For example, the theory sketched here should be compatible with the views in Buchanan (2004); Christiano (2006); Kolers (2009); Meisels (2009); Miller (2000); Nine (2008); Simmons (2001); Stilz (2009). …”

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Justice, Territory and Natural Resources

Kolers

2012

Political Studies

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Territorial self‐determination and global distributive justice seem to be at loggerheads. Cosmopolitans hold that institutions such as states can be justified only derivatively on global justice. But ‘self‐determinists’ insist that territorial self‐determination is independently significant. The current article hypothesizes that the core disagreement is not over the justification of global resource egalitarianism, but rather over the conception of resources per se. The article presents three conceptions of resources – the familiar ‘natural resources’ conception, Tim Hayward's ‘physical’ conception and Ronald Dworkin's ‘constructivist’ conception – and argues that, particularly when appended to egalitarian global distribution principles, each is importantly flawed. The article then presents and defends an ‘intentional’ conception of resources as fungible means. This account treats resources as intentional kinds rather than natural kinds. As such, they can be identified only after discerning whose intentional states are decisive in a given case. Discerning that is the role of a theory of territorial rights. A resource is such when the morally legitimate territorial right‐holder treats it as a fungible means. The theory of territorial rights is universal, and the resource distribution principle is morally cosmopolitan; but the determination of what counts as a resource is claimant‐relative, respecting self‐determination. The article then works out implications for global justice, with special attention to the global environment and through comparisons with Hayward's eco‐space egalitarianism. The result is a sketch of a unified theory of global resource justice, giving due weight to both cosmopolitan egalitarianism and to territorial self‐determination.

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Justice, Territory and Natural Resources

Kolers

2012

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“…El proyecto de la democracia cuántica podría tener efectos perturbadores. Cuestiona las presunciones científicas con- -28 -vencionales de que las teorías de la democracia transfronteriza están destinadas a fracasar porque chocan contra problemas tan inabordables como la ignorancia del público sobre los asuntos globales y la imposibilidad de reunir a los ciudadanos como partes interesadas en igualdad de condiciones, sin la tiranía de la mayoría, a través de las fronteras territoriales (Christiano, 2006). El proyecto trata de mostrar, por el contrario, por qué el confinamiento de la democracia en los barracones del Estado produce estos efectos discapacitantes en la imaginación democrática, y cómo esto puede remediarse positivamente.…”

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Democracia cuántica: apuntes sobre la reconsideración del territorio en la política democrática contemporánea

Keane¹

2015

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Resumen: Las crisis políticas suelen describirse como súbitos puntos de inflexión, momentos de dramatismo extremo, puntos críticos en los que todo está en juego, en los que se necesitan juicios y decisiones audaces. Sin embargo, sabemos por arqueólogos, paleontólogos, historiadores y otros expertos que la transformación y/o el derrumbe de los órdenes antiguos y su sustitución por nuevas organizaciones de poder suelen producirse con lentitud. Su ritmo es el de la larga duración, lo que significa que sus consecuencias radicales requieren tiempo para materializarse. Las rupturas que se producen lentamente son mucho más difíciles de detectar, y aún más de analizar, pero deben ser una parte central del análisis de la democracia contemporánea y de su futuro incierto, o al menos eso es lo que argumenta el proyecto de la democracia cuántica. Palabras-clave: democracia, crisis, democracia cuántica, política, territorio.Abstract: Political crises are normally described as sudden turning points, moments of gripping drama, flashpoints when everything is up for grabs, when bold judgments and decisions become necessary. But we know from archaeologists, paleontologists, historians and others that the radical transformation and/or ruination of old orders and their replacement by new power arrangements often happen slowly. Their rhythm is that of the longue durée, and that means their radical consequences take time to materialise. Slow-motion ruptures are much harder to spot, let alone to analyse, but they must be central to the analysis of contemporary democracy and its uncertain future, or so the Quantum Democracy project argues.

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“…Second, similar issues arise if there is a lack of interdependence of interests and individuals do not possess a roughly equal stake in the collective decisions affecting them (Christiano 2006). These conditions supply both an equal right, as a matter of fairness, for all members of the political community to have an equal say in how it is run, and stimulate the sort of cross-cutting cleavages whereby people who find themselves opposed on one issue are on the same side on others.…”

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“…The representative system can only be stretched so far. Citizens not only rightly feel their vote counts for less if a political community gets too big (Dahl and Tufte 1973: 13ff), but also larger communities tend to be more diverse -culturally, socially and economically -making it less likely all have an equal stake in the issues on which they have an equal say, and increasing the chances of persistent minorities and hence of majority tyranny (Christiano 2006).…”

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