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“Sovereignty in the Age of Globalization”   Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 23 - 24, 200 9 Media, Sovereignty and Global

Explore the impact of globalization on sovereignty, democracy, and media at the conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2009. Discuss the evolution from nation-states to supra-national institutions, the Westphalian order, and the rise of global democracy and communications. Dive into the theories of prominent scholars like John Dewey and Marshall McLuhan on democracy, education, and global communications. Examine the challenges and opportunities presented by electronic democracy and the role of citizens in shaping the public sphere.

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“Sovereignty in the Age of Globalization”   Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 23 - 24, 200 9 Media, Sovereignty and Global

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  1. “Sovereignty in the Age of Globalization”  Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 23-24, 2009Media, Sovereignty and Globalization Mislav KukočUniversity of Split, Croatia

  2. Globalization & Democracy • positive and negative efects: • Globalization → 1980-90’s‘third wave’democratization: • Collapse od Communism: Central and Eastern Europe, • Collapse of Apartheid: South Africa, • Collapse of military dictatorships: Latin America • But: • From the Greek polis to the modern nation-state: • democracy  limited territory or community • Globalization supra-national institutions - transborder mutual relations; undermined democratic capacities of national governments. • Globality has transcended territory and thwarted state sovereignty. 2

  3. The Westphalian order : • (The Westphalian piece: 1648) • National community in sovereign state • Public control of power • Multiparty political system • Free and fair elections • Free independent media • Human & civil rights • Educated citizens • Rule of law • Globalization : • Supra-national institutions with transborder relations • Supra-teritorial societal relations • Global democracy needs more than a democratic state • Suprastate democracy: regional & transworld regimes • Post-sovereign rule of globalisation  • Democratic defficite: EU, UN 3

  4. Globalization → nonofficial suprateritorial chanels of global democracy: • Global markets • Global civil society • Global communications • (Jan Aart Scholte: Globalization: A Critical Introduction, pp. 272-282.) 4

  5. Global Communications • Marshall McLuhan: “World as a global village” • Global communications → World triumph of democracy • Internet, video, tele-conferences, interactive television • Electronic / 'digital' democracy: 'netizens‘ in 'virtual (cosmo)polis' • ‘Push-button democracy‘  electronic referenda • Instant input to policy • But … • Dubious democratic credentials • Networked demos – too small and global unrepresentative • Electronic mass media = sources of demagogic manipulationand anaesthetizingcritical consciesness • Global communications = a lucrativeform ofsupraterritorialand suprastate capitalism 5

  6. John Dewey (1859-1952) Democracy and Education: An introduction to the philosophy of education (1916) • "Democracy and the ethical ideal of humanity are synonymous." • The Democratic Ideal:“A democracy is more than a form of government; a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.” • Purpose of education in a democratic society: to do away with the Aristotelian dualism of labor and leisure free practice and leisure for all.

  7. John DeweyThe Public and its Problems(1927) • The public: a democratic citizenship or phantom ? • Politics: the work and duty of each individual. • The political knowledge  interaction of citizens, elites, experts, through the mediation and facilitation of socially responsible democratic journalism. • audience  users (citizens and collaborators) • Great SocietyGreat Communityvia interommunication  journalism • distractions of modern society / technology: special interests, powerful corporate capital, numbing and distracting entertainment, general selfishness, the vagaries of public communication – eclipse the public

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