Cosmopolitan Social Democracy- A Feasible Alternative to Neoliberalism?

For those interested in exploring cosmopolitan social democracy (CSD) here is some suggested reading:

Held's outline and defence of CSD and my critical evaluation.

• D. Held, “Towards a Global Covenant: Global Social Democracy” in Global Covenant: The Social Democratic Alternative to the Washington Consensus, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2004, ch.10, pp.161-169.          

• B. Roper, “Reformism on a Global Scale? A Critical Examination of David Held’s Advocacy of Cosmopolitan Social Democracy” in Capital and Class, 35 (2): 253-274 (2011).

Further reading:

Archibugi, D., D. Held, and M. Kohler (eds.) (1998) Re-imagining Political Community: Studies in Cosmopolitan Democracy (Stanford University Press).

Archibugi, D. (2008) The Global Commonwealth of Citizens: Towards Cosmopolitan Democracy (Princeton University Press).

Barnett, D., D. Held, and C. Henderson (eds.) (2005) Debating Globalization (Polity Press).

Bobbio, N. (1987a) Which Socialism? (University of Minnesota Press).

Bobbio, N. (1987b) The Future of Democracy (Polity Press).

Bobbio, N. (1989) Democracy and Dictatorship (Polity Press).

Callinicos, A. (1991) The Revenge of History: Marxism and the East European Revolutions (Polity Press).

Callinicos, A. (2001) The Third Way: An Anti-Capitalist Critique (Polity Press).

Callinicos, A. (2003) An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto (Polity Press).

Dahl, R. (1989) Democracy and its Critics (Yale University Press).

Giddens, A. (1998) The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy (Polity Press).

Giddens, A. (2000) The Third Way and its Critics (Polity Press).

Giddens, A. (ed.) (2001) The Global Third Way Debate (Polity Press).

Gillis, B. K. (ed.) (2008) The Global Politics of Globalization: 'Empire' vs. 'Cosmopolis' (Routledge).

Glyn, A. (2006) Capitalism Unleashed: Finance, Globalization, and Welfare (Oxford University Press).

Gowan, P. (1999) The Global Gamble: Washington's Faustian Bid for World Dominance (Verso).

Harman, C. (2003) 'Analysing Imperialism: From the Scramble for Africa to the Attack on Iraq ', International Socialism, no.99, pp.3-82.

Harvey, D. (2003) The New Imperialism (Oxford University Press).

Harvey, D. (2005) A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Oxford University Press).

Held, D. (1982) 'Crisis Tendencies, Legitimation and the State', in J. Thompson and D. Held (eds) Habermas: Critical Debates (Macmillan) pp.181-195.

Held, D. (1984) 'Power and Legitimacy in Contemporary Britain', in G. McLellan, D. Held and S. Hall (eds) State and Society in Contemporary Britain (Polity) pp.299-369.

Held, D. (1993) 'Anything but a dog's life? Further comments on Fukuyama, Callinicos and Giddens', Theory and Society, vol. 22, pp. 293-304.

Held, D. (1995) Democracy and the Global Order: from the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance (Polity Press).

Held, D. (2004) Global Covenant: The Social Democratic Alternative to the Washington Consensus (Polity Press).

Held, D. (2006) Models of Democracy (third edition) (Polity Press).

Held, D. (2007) ‘Reframing global governance: Apocalypse soon or reform!’ in Held, D. and McGrew, A. (eds.) (2007) Globalization Theory: Approaches and Controversies (Polity Press).

Held, D. (2008) 'At the global crossroads: The end of the Washington consensus and the rise of global social democracy?' The Global Politics of Globalization: 'Empire' vs 'Cosmopolis', Routledge, pp. 95-113.

Held, D. and Keane, J. 1984 'Socialism and the Limits of State Action', in J. Curran (ed) The Future of the Left (Polity) pp.170-181.

Held, D. and M. Koenig-Archibugi (eds.) (2003) Taming Globalization: Frontiers of Governance (Polity Press).

Held, D. and A. McGrew (eds.) (2002) Governing Globalization: Power, Authority and Governance (Polity Press).

Held, D. and A. McGrew (2007) Globalization/Anti-Globalization (second edition) (Polity Press).

Held, D., A. McGrew, D. Goldblatt and J. Perraton (1999) Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture (Stanford University Press).

Held, D. and Mepham, D. (eds.) (2007) Progressive Foreign Policy (Polity).

Hirst, P. and Thompson, G. (1999) Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance (second edition) (Polity Press).

Lavelle, A. (2008) The Death of Social Democracy: Political Consequences for the 21st Century (Ashgate).

Luxemburg, R. 1970 [1918] ‘The Mass Strike’ and 'The Russian Revolution', in M-A. Waters (ed.) Rosa Luxemburg Speaks (Pathfinder).

Luxemburg, R. (1973) Reform or Revolution? (Pathfinder Press).

MacPherson, C. B. (1966) The Real World of Democracy (Clarendon Press).

MacPherson, C. B. (1973) Democratic Theory: Essays in Retrieval (Clarendon Press).

MacPherson, C. B. (1977) The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy (Oxford University Press).

McNally, D. (2006) Another World is Possible: Globalization and Anti-Capitalism (second edition) (Arbeiter Ring Publishing).

Ollman, B. (1976) Alienation: Marx’s Conception of Man in Capitalist Society (second edition) (Cambridge University Press).

Pooge, T. (2002) World Poverty and Human Rights: Cosmopolitan Responsibilities and Reforms (Polity).

Robinson, J. (1960) 'Marx, Marshall and Keynes', in J. Robinson (ed.) Collected Economic Papers Vol. 2 (Basil Blackwell) pp.1-23.

Sandbrook, R. (ed.) (2003) Civilizing Globalization: A Survival Guide (SUNY Press).

Smith, T. (2003) 'Globalisation and capitalist property relations: A critical assessment of David Held's cosmopolitan theory', Historical Materialism, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 3-35.

Tannsjo, T. (2008) Global Democracy: The Case for a World Government (Edinburgh University Press).

Wood, E. (2006) 'Democracy as ideology of empire', in C. Mooers (ed.) The New Imperialism: Ideologies of Empire (One World).