Democracy as human rights : freedom and equality in the age of globalization / Michael Goodhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodhart, Michael E., 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Human rights.

Human rights and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, Democra

Contents:

States of confusion : democracy in an age of globalization

Sovereignty and the modern configuration of rule

Sovereign democracy

Globalization and the paradox of sovereign democracy

The limits of modern democracy

The emancipatory tradition of democratic theory

Democracy as human rights

Institutionalizing democracy as human rights

Implementing democracy as human rights

Conclusion : globalization, neoliberalism, and democratization.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-43195-7

0-203-95662-1

1-299-28495-7

1-135-43188-4

9780203956625

OCLC:

831119852