Publisher's preface
Introduction

Global framework: The dialectics of space and place

PART ONE
LAND, TERRITORY, AND NATION-STATE

Chapter one
Space, place, and territoriality: Basic conceptual variations

1. Space and Place
   
2. Space, Place, and Time
   
3. Territoriality: Land and Territory
   a. The Land
   b. Homeland and Territoriality
   c. Territory

Chapter two
The nation-state and citizenship

1. Land and Territory in Non-Modern Societies
   
2. The Creation of Sovereign Nation-States
   
3. Democracy and the Nation-State
   
4. The Modern State and Modern Citizenship
   
5. Globalization and the Nation-State

Chapter three
Legal aspects of the relationship between territory and the state

1. The Role of Territory in Western Civilization
   
   1. The Constitution of Limits and Frontiers
      
   2. The Role of Bureaucracies and the Reification of Space
      
2. The Role of Territory in the non-Western World

Chapter four
The multinational state and human rights

1. Minorities, Autonomy, Exclusion, and Segregation
   
2. The Human Rights Regime: Its Necessity and Its Limits

Chapter five
The state and civil society

1. The Concept of Civil Society
   
2. Power and Society
   
3. Deformations of the Concept of Civil Society
   
4. Civil Society in Other Civilizations
   
5. Civilizational Pluralism and Civil Society

PART TWO
OPTIONS FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL RE-ORDERING OF THE POLITICAL SPHERE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Chapter six
The illusion of the nation-state: An unrealizable option

1. Demographic Evolution
   
2. The Evolution of Society
   
3. The Organization of the Public Sphere
   
4. The Globalization of Economic Activities
   
5. International Security
   
6. The Nascent Global Culture
   
7. Normative Universalism and Cosmopolitan Citizenship
   
8. The World State and Civilizational Pluralism: A Conclusion

Chapter seven
A non-centralized and democratic political order: A utopic vision?

1. The New World of Political Entities in the Future
   
   1. Constituting Elements of the New Entities
      
   2. Co-ordination Between Political Entities at Regional or Sub-Regional Levels
      
2. Governance in the New Political Entities
   
3. Legal Pluralism in a Fragmented Political Structure
   
4. Economic Policies and Management
   
5. Society: Equality and Solidarity
   
6. Planetary Coordination
   
   1. Security and the Maintenance of Peace
      
   2. Protection of the Environment and the Ecosystem

Chapter eight
The information society and networking political communities

1. The Concept of Information Reconsidered
   
2. The Information Society and Virtual Reality
   
   1. Description of the Information Society
      
   2. The Information Society in Spatial and Temporal Perspective
      
3. The Information Society and Political Network Communities
   
4. Access to Information
   
5. Networking in Institutionalized Political Communities

Chapter nine
Technologies and infrastructural buildup

1. Organizational Environments As Virtual Public Spheres
   
2. Information and Communication Systems
   
3. Interactive Multimedia and Communication
   
   1. Computer-Based Communication Networks
      
   2. The Integrated Broadband Communication System
      
4. Cybercasting in Political-Institutional Networks
   
5. Cyberspace Governance and Rule-Making

List of references
Index
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