Globalisation - What Implications for Democratic Decision Making.
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Globalisation - What Implications for Democratic Decision Making We have seen above that globalisation is putting pressure on governments to adjust the machinery of government, in order to improve their capacity to operate in the new globalised policy environment. But the challenge does not stop there. Globalisation has implications for the internal balance of power in OECD countries - including between levels of government, and between Parliaments and the Executive - and between groups of countries. And it is not just affecting the role of government actors in the policy process. The roles of all policy players - interest groups, the media, citizens - are changing in the face of internationalisation. There has been little debate about the extent to which these changing roles and relationships impact upon democratic processes, at either the national or the international levels. What effects is globalisation having on democracy? A changing balance of power and relationships? The...


