Democracy in a Global World: Human Rights and Political Participation in the 21st Century (Philosophy and the Global Context) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742514528 ISBN 13: 9780742514522

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

The chapters in this volume deal with timely issues regarding democracy in theory and in practice in today's globalized world. Authored by leading political philosophers of our time, they appear here for the first time. The essays challenge and defend assumptions about the role of democracy as a viable political and legal institution in response to globalization, keeping in focus the role of rights at the normative foundations of democracy in a pluralistic world.

About this title

About the Author:

Deen K. Chatterjee is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Utah. He is the author of several books and articles in the areas political philosophy, applied ethics, and philosophy of religion and culture.

Review:

Globalization continues to generate forces of integration and fragmentation. We see the empirical evidence in flows of capital, information, technology, people, and even pollution. But what is the normative impact of globalization? What does globalization mean for the human values embodied in human rights claims and democratic institutions? This volume, imaginatively conceived and skillfully edited by Deen K. Chatterjee, gives us the best answers available from the leading political theorists of our time. (Joel H. Rosenthal, president, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs)

Democracy in a Global World is a wide-ranging discussion of the proper role of democratic values in human rights and global governance, featuring diverse perspectives, contributions by leading figures and admirable sensitivity to the distinctive challenges of international justice. (Richard Miller, professor of philosophy, Cornell University)

The volume succeeds impressively as a collection of essays that think hard about key themes. Most of the essays, taken on their own terms, are of a very high quality. (Social Theory and Practice, January 2009)

Overall the book advocates the thesis of republican democracy against liberal and cosmopolitan approaches. Critical. (Political Studies Review)

Democracy in a Global World is an invaluable collection of essays on vital issues by an exceptionally gifted group of scholars. What we have here is a truly profound set of explorations into the prospects of democracy in a globalizing world. (Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0742514528
• ISBN 13: 9780742514522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Chatterjee Deen K.