Globalizing Democracy and Human RightsIn her new 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. Accessibly written with a minimum of technical jargon this is a major new contribution to political philosophy. |
Contents
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Racism and Democracy | 103 |
Cultural Identity Group Rights and Social Ontology | 118 |
GLOBALIZING DEMOCRACY IN A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK | 157 |
Evaluating the Claims for Global Democracy | 159 |
Are Democracy and Human Rights Compatible in the Context of Globalization? | 183 |
The Global Democratic Deficit and Economic Human Rights | 201 |
Democratic Management and the Stakeholder Idea | 219 |
Democratic Networks Technological and Political | 235 |
Terrorism Empathy and Democracy | 247 |
Index | 265 |
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Page 183 - To vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors; c To have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country.
Page 47 - The idea of democracy is a wider and fuller idea than can be exemplified in the state even at its best. To be realized it must affect all modes of human association, the family, the school, industry, religion.
Page 89 - Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate. Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves.
Page 183 - Every citizen shall enjoy the following rights and opportunities: a) to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives...
Page 248 - ... conducted by an organization with an identifiable chain of command or conspiratorial cell structure (whose members wear no uniform or identifying insignia); and • perpetrated by a subnational group or non-state entity. We may therefore now attempt to define terrorism as the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in the pursuit of political change.
Page 188 - Being resolved, as the Governments of European countries which are like-minded and have a common heritage of political traditions, ideals, freedom and the rule of law, to take the first steps for the collective enforcement of certain of the Rights stated in the Universal Declaration...
Page 206 - makes sense' that globalization implies the stretching and deepening of social relations and institutions across space and time such that, on the one hand, day-to-day activities are increasingly influenced by events happening on the other side of the globe and, on the other, the practices and decisions of local groups and communities can have significant global reverberations.
Page 89 - The masses have a right to change property relations; Fascism seeks to give them an expression while preserving property. The logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life.
Page 59 - The list claims to have identified in a very general way components that are fundamental to any human life. But it allows in its very design for the possibility of multiple specifications of each of the components.
Page 90 - The modern democratic revolution is best recognized in this mutation: there is no power linked to a body. Power appears as an empty place...