Programação
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David Held is Master of University College, Durham and Professor of Politics and International Relations at Durham University. Among his most recent publications are Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing (2013), Cosmopolitanism: Ideals and Realities (2010), Globalisation/Anti-Globalisation (2007), Models of Democracy (2006), Global Covenant (2004), Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture (1999), and Democracy and the Global Order: From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance (1995). His main research interests include the study of globalisation, changing forms of democracy and the prospects of regional and global governance. He is a Director of Polity Press, which he co-founded in 1984, and General Editor of Global Policy.
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REDEFINIR A GOVERNABILIDADE GLOBAL - DAVID HELD
RESUMEN
En este artículo, el autor describe y sustenta los tres problemas globales que requieren solución más urgente. Luego
explica los retos en gobernanza que es necesario superar para la solución de tales problemas. Después de describir las
tendencias contemporáneas en materia de gobernanza global, el artículo propone unas fórmulas para fortalecerla en
las cuales la ciudadanía y la democracia se ven mutuamente fortalecidas. Por último, nos advierte sobre la urgencia
de la implementación de tales reformas para evitar enfrentarnos a un apocalipsis actual o simplemente cercano.
Palabras clave: globalización, democracia, desigualdad, ciudadanía, derechos sociales, derechos políticos, desarrollo
REFRAMING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: APOCALYPSE SOON OR REFORM!
SUMMARY
In this article, the author describes and supports with evidence the three global issues that require the most urgent
solution. Then he explains the challenges in governance that it is necessary to overcome for the solution of such
problems. After describing the contemporary trends in global governance, the article proposes some ways to
strengthen it while citizenship and democracy become mutually strengthened. Lastly, the article warns us on the
urgency in the implementation of such reforms to avoid facing a current or soon apocalypse.