In this video, Proffessor David Held is interviewed by the director of the UN University Office, Jean-Marc Coicaud, on the topic of changing forms of contemporary democracy and the consequences for the principles and institutions of global justice.
David Held is a Professor of Political Science and Master of University College at Durham University. He is also a Director of Polity Press, which he co-founded in 1984, and General Editor of Global Policy.
Considered an international authority on globalization, global governance and democracy, Prof. Held's extensive body of published works includes Cosmopolitanism: Ideals and Realities (2010), Globalization/Anti-Globalization (2007), Models of Democracy (2006), Global Covenant (2004) and Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture (1999).
