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Demoi-cracy
Demoicracy (also demoi-cracy; ) is a polity of multiple distinct people (''demoi''), polity of polities. The term is derived from ''demoi'' (δῆμοι in original Ancient Greek, plural form of δῆμος or ''demos''), meaning "peoples" and ''kratos'' (κράτος) meaning "power" (to govern oneself). It is apparently meant to become an alternative to democracy, understood as power of a single ''demos''. The term is used mainly to describe the genus of the European Union (European Union, EU) but is also gaining currency in more general theories of democracy above state level. History Philippe van Parijs used the term "demoi-cracy" negatively in 1998 to refer to the existing state of affair in Europe and in contrast to "European demos-cracy". This is not the meaning of the term in mainstream scholarship today. Instead, the term refers to Kalypso Nicolaïdis original statement in 2003 that the EU ought to be understood as a demoicracy in the making, a third way against two alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Kalypso Aude Nicolaïdis ( el, Καλυψώ Νικολαΐδη) is a Franco-Greek academic, currently Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for International Studies at Oxford University, England. She teaches in the areas of European integration, international relations, international political economy, negotiation and game theory and research methods as University Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations. In 2020, Nicolaïdis joined the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute as a full time professor. Biography Nicolaïdis holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University, a Master in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, a Master in International Economics and a Diplôme Service Public from the Institut d'études politiques in Paris. She also studied law and philosophy at the Paris I-Sorbonne. She is of French and Greek nationality with German and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |