Democracy in a Global World: Human Rights and Political Participation in the 21st Century

by Deen K. Chatterjee, David A. Crocker, Carol C. Gould, James Nickel, David Reidy

Overview

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. Through an examination of key topics of current relevance, with contrasting views of the leading theorists, the chapters address the most relevant theories and forms of globalization, traditional democratic paradigms and their limits, public deliberation and democratic participation, the moral hazards of imperial democracy, and the future of liberal democracy. In addition to suggesting new perspectives on democracy, they use the current debate on justice, human rights, sovereignty, and cultural relativism to shed light on enduring questions about politics, culture, and global development. This timely and provocative collection will be of interest to anyone concerned with democracy, human rights, global justice, economic development, poverty, international law, peace, and various aspects of globalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742514515
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/22/2007
Series:	Philosophy and the Global Context
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.35(w) x 9.33(h) x 0.87(d)

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Democracy and Globalization
Chapter 3 Development Ethics, Democracy, and Globalization
Chapter 4 Negotiating the Global and the Local: Situating Transnational Democracy and Human Rights
Part 5 Autonomy, Diversity, and Universal Human Rights
Chapter 6 Relativism, Self-Determination, and Human Rights
Chapter 7 Constitutions and Capabilities
Part 8 Nationalism and Global Democracy
Chapter 9 The Varieties of Nationalism
Chapter 10 Global Democracy: International, Not Cosmopolitan
Part 11 Global Public and the New World Order
Chapter 12 Rawls' Law of Peoples and the New World Order
Chapter 13 The Global Public and Its Problems

Editorial Reviews

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

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

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

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 A. Falk

Overall the book advocates the thesis of republican democracy against liberal and cosmopolitan approaches. Critical.

Political Studies Review - 7 (2) 2009

Overall the book advocates the thesis of republican democracy against liberal and cosmopolitan approaches. Critical.

From the Publisher

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

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.

January 2009 Social Theory and Practice

Overall the book advocates the thesis of republican democracy against liberal and cosmopolitan approaches. Critical. 2009, 7 (2)

Political Studies Review