Globalizing democracy and human rights

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The work Globalizing democracy and human rights represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Globalizing democracy and human rights

Statement of responsibility

Carol C. Gould

Title variation

Globalizing Democracy & Human Rights

Creator

• Gould, Carol C

Author

• Gould, Carol C

Subject

• Democracy
• Globalization
• Human rights

Language

eng

Summary

In her 2004 book Carol Gould addresses the fundamental issue of democratizing globalization, that is to say of finding ways to open transnational institutions and communities to democratic participation by those widely affected by their decisions. The book develops a framework for expanding participation in crossborder decisions, arguing for a broader understanding of human rights and introducing a new role for the ideas of care and solidarity at a distance. Reinterpreting the idea of universality to accommodate a multiplicity of cultural perspectives, the author takes up a number of applied issues, including the persistence of racism, cultural rights, women's human rights, the democratic management of firms, the use of the Internet to enhance political participation, and the importance of empathy and genuine democracy in understanding terrorism and responding to it. Accessibly written with a minimum of technical jargon this is a major contribution to political philosophy

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Dewey number

321.8

Index

index present

LC call number

JC423

LC item number

.G663 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries