This examination of global society focuses on its conflict with local societies and questions whether the human race should be treated as belonging to a single global community. It considers the universality of human rights and its conflict with group claims to self-determination.
Les mer
This collection of essays explores the problems involved in combining norms that apply to all humanity with sensitivity to, and respect for, people's cultural differences.
Cosmopolitanism, world citizenship and global civil society, Chris Brown; human rights and diverse cultures - continuity or discontinuity?, Peter Jones; human rights, compatibility and diverse cultures, Dimon Caney; the pendulum theory of individual, communal and minority rights, Tom Hadden; the question of self-determination and its implications for normative international theory, Kimberly Hutchings; Derrida and the Heidegger controversy - global friendship against racism, Mark Bevir; humanitarian vigilantes or legal entrepreneurs - enforcing human rights in international society, Nicholas J. Wheeler.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780714651347
Publisert
2000-11-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
374 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet