What about the people? Popular legitimacy and the context of global threats
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This paper explores the issue of the role of non-state actors in the context of contemporary international relations, as well as the way it conditions political decisions, namely at the level of security. With a view to the evolution of political awareness and participation of the people in Europe on what concerns dominant topics of the international agenda, this paper aims to discuss the role of popular participation in the shaping of international politics. Furthermore, against a background of democratic theorisation, it aims to discuss how democracies can cope with terror without giving up both peace and freedom as their basilar standpoints.
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2012-07-17
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