The Human Right to Democracy : A Critical Evaluation / Anita Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horn, Anita, Author.

Series:

Ideen & Argumente.

Ideen & Argumente

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Human Right to Democracy is the first major study to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the debate. It reconstructs the relevant positions in that debate, identifies the key points of disagreement, and proposes an understanding of the human right to democracy that might form the basis of a wide consensus. The book rejects the idea of a comprehensive right to democratic institutions, and instead argues for a minimal "human right to democracy" which is best understood as an individual's right to voice. The human right to voice is a right, enjoyed by any individual independently of his or her place of residence or nationality, to be heard and supported in cases of severe injustice that is tolerated or condoned by the political community or polity of which the individual is a member. By bringing together human rights discourse and democratic theory, as well as taking into account practical politics, this study broadens the scope of the debatefrom a sometimes overly-narrow focus. The book is of interest not only to political philosophers, but also to international lawyers, diplomats, representatives of civil society, human rights activists, and specialists in development economics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

1. Mapping the debate

2. Political conceptions: top down

3. Moral conceptions: bottom up

4. An alternative perspective on the human right to democracy

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110629101

3110629100

9783110628562

3110628562

OCLC:

1132428326