Human Rights And Democracy

Author : Michael Goodhart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135431952

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Democracy as Human Rights by Michael Goodhart Pdf

Is global democracy possible? The most prominent institutional manifestations of this concept-the UN, WTO, IMF and World Bank-have been skewered as cloistered anti-democratic institutions by anti-globalization activists. Meanwhile, proponents of globalization advocate reforming these institutions to make them more transparent. Michael Goodhart argues that both views fail to recognize the complex link between modern democracy and the sovereign state and the degree to which globalization challenges the modern conceptualization of democracy. Original and historically informed, Democracy as Human Rights provides a carefully argued theory of democracy in which traditional representative government is supported by global institutions designed to guarantee fundamental human rights.

Author : John R. Wallach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108422574

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Democracy and Goodness by John R. Wallach Pdf

Proposes a new democratic theory, rooted in activity not consent, and intrinsically related to historical understandings of power and ethics.

Author : Anita Horn
Publisher : ISSN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 311077738X

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The Human Right to Democracy by Anita Horn Pdf

Is there a human right to democracy? This book distinguishes two dimensions, descriptive and normative, which serve as focal points in the debate. A detailed and nuanced comparison of these claims shows that a human right to democratic political ins

Author : Silja Voeneky,Gerald L. Neuman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108420945

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Human Rights, Democracy, and Legitimacy in a World of Disorder by Silja Voeneky,Gerald L. Neuman Pdf

Examines a trio of key concepts that help to stabilize states and the international order: human rights, democracy, and legitimacy.

Author : Todd Landman
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849664868

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Human Rights and Democracy by Todd Landman Pdf

The 20th century has been described as the bloodiest in human history, but it was also the century in which people around the world embraced ideas of democracy and human rights as never before, constructing social, political and legal institutions seeking to contain human behaviour. Todd Landman offers an optimistic, yet cautionary tale of these developments, drawing on the literature, from politics, international relations and international law. He celebrates the global turn from tyranny and violence towards democracy and rights but also warns of the precariousness of these achievements in the face of democratic setbacks and the undermining of rights commitments by many countries during the so-called 'War on Terror'.

Author : Carol C. Gould
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521541271

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Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights by Carol C. Gould Pdf

In her new book Carol Gould addresses the fundamental issue of democratizing globalization, that is to say of finding ways to open transnational institutions and communities to democratic participation by those widely affected by their decisions.The book develops a framework for expanding participation in crossborder decisions, arguing for a broader understanding of human rights and introducing a new role for the ideas of care and solidarity at a distance. Accessibly written with a minimum of technical jargon this is a major new contribution to political philosophy.

Author : Hans Köchler
Publisher : International Progress Organization
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 3900704082

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Democracy and Human Rights by Hans Köchler Pdf

Author : Eva Erman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351929592

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Human Rights and Democracy by Eva Erman Pdf

This volume explores the relationship between human rights and democracy within both the theoretical and empirical field. It is a book within the tradition of deliberative democracy, although it focuses on global institutions and human rights rather than nation-state or federalist democracy. Eva Erman problematizes the absence of political rights in the global human rights discourse from a deliberative standpoint. Starting out from and at the same time criticizing Habermas' discourse theory of law and democracy, she makes a significant contribution to a discourse theory of human rights and applies it to a global rights institution, the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights. This is an innovative study that offers tools for democratizing existing global political institutions, and is therefore suitable for philosophers, political theorists, scholars of human rights and those interested in democracy.

Author : Rory O'Connell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107035072

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Law, Democracy and the European Court of Human Rights by Rory O'Connell Pdf

Explores how the European Court of Human Rights understands 'democracy' and might support more deliberative, participatory and inclusive practices.

Author : Akrivopoulou, Christina
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522507246

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Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization by Akrivopoulou, Christina Pdf

The era of technology in which we reside has ushered in a more globalized and connected world. While many benefits are gained from this connectivity, possible disadvantages to issues of human rights are developed as well. Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization is a pivotal resource for the latest research on the effects of a globalized society regarding issues relating to social ethics and civil rights. Highlighting relevant concepts on political autonomy, migration, and asylum, this book is ideally designed for academicians, professionals, practitioners, and upper-level students interested in the ongoing concerns of human rights.

Author : Ivelaw L. Griffith,Betty N. Sedoc-Dahlberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 0367315386

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Democracy and Human Rights in the Caribbean by Ivelaw L. Griffith,Betty N. Sedoc-Dahlberg Pdf

The Caribbean, like regions elsewhere, is caught in what has been called democracy's global ?Third Wave.? In this volume, contributors examine the nature of democratization in the region together with its accessory, human rights. The emphasis is to extend the analysis and debates beyond political democracy and civil and political rights to consider

Author : Harold Hongju Koh,Ronald C. Slye,Ronald Slye
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300081671

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Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights by Harold Hongju Koh,Ronald C. Slye,Ronald Slye Pdf

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Author : Zehra F. Arat
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9780595298037

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Democracy and Human Rights in Developing Countries by Zehra F. Arat Pdf

"A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor sets this book apart from similar studies on the subject." -- Journal of Third World Studies "Both radical and convincingly well-informed." -- Austrian Journal of Political Science "Arat offers a study (whose like is rare in the social sciences) that is genuinely global, theoretically well-grounded and diverse, empirically well-developed, and directly policy-relevent under specified conditions." -- Choice

Author : William Michael Schmidli
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501765162

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Freedom on the Offensive by William Michael Schmidli Pdf

In Freedom on the Offensive, William Michael Schmidli illuminates how the Reagan administration's embrace of democracy promotion was a defining development in US foreign relations in the late twentieth century. Reagan used democracy promotion to refashion the bipartisan Cold War consensus that had collapsed in the late 1960s amid opposition to the Vietnam War. Over the course of the 1980s, the initiative led to a greater institutionalization of human rights—narrowly defined to include political rights and civil liberties and to exclude social and economic rights—as a US foreign policy priority. Democracy promotion thus served to legitimize a distinctive form of US interventionism and to underpin the Reagan administration's aggressive Cold War foreign policies. Drawing on newly available archival materials, and featuring a range of perspectives from top-level policymakers and politicians to grassroots activists and militants, this study makes a defining contribution to our understanding of human rights ideas and the projection of American power during the final decade of the Cold War. Using Reagan's undeclared war on Nicaragua as a case study in US interventionism, Freedom on the Offensive explores how democracy promotion emerged as the centerpiece of an increasingly robust US human rights agenda. Yet, this initiative also became intertwined with deeply undemocratic practices that misled the American people, violated US law, and contributed to immense human and material destruction. Pursued through civil society or low-cost military interventions and rooted in the neoliberal imperatives of US-led globalization, Reagan's democracy promotion initiative had major implications for post–Cold War US foreign policy.

Author : Helmut P. Aust,Esra Demir-Gürsel
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781839108341

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The European Court of Human Rights by Helmut P. Aust,Esra Demir-Gürsel Pdf

This insightful book considers how the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is faced with numerous challenges which emanate from authoritarian and populist tendencies arising across its member states. It argues that it is now time to reassess how the ECHR responds to such challenges to the protection of human rights in the light of its historical origins.