Globalization and Self-Government

Issue Date July 2002
Volume 13
Issue 3
Page Numbers 54-67
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Until now, globalization and democratization have been mutually reinforcing, but in the future globalization may pose serious challenges for democracy.

About the Author

Marc F. Plattner is a member of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Board of Directors. He was on the NED staff from 1984 until 2020, serving first as the director of the grants program. In 1989, he became founding coeditor (with Larry Diamond) of the Journal of Democracy. He later served as codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and as NED’s vice-president for research and studies.

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