DEMOCRACY AS HUMAN RIGHTS by Michael Goodhart ( 9780415951784 )

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DEMOCRACY AS HUMAN RIGHTS
FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

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Michael Goodhart

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041595178X

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Pub. date:

30 August, 2005

Pages:

264

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Is global democracy possible? This study tackles this key question with originality and rigour. Original and historically informed, it delivers an argued theory of a democracy in which traditional representative government is supported by global institutions designed to guarantee fundamental human rights.

Synopsis:

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.

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