Is There a Global Right to Democracy? : A Philosophical Analysis of Peacekeeping and Nation Building
Jerry. Pubantz
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Lewiston : : The Edwin Mellen Press, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (338 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Evolution of the International Organization-Nation-State Relationship; Chapter 2: The Philosophical Basis for International Organizations' Promotion of Democracy: Kant, his Acolytes and Challengers; Chapter 3: Rights: Plural Definitions; Chapter 4: International Organizations and the Promotion of Democracy; Chapter 5: Challenges to the Realization of a Global Right to Democracy; Chapter 6: Citizenship and the Global Right to Democracy: Cosmopolitan Hope and Evolution; Bibliography; Index. - This is an expansive study of what we call "The Global Right to Democracy." The idea gestates from a late 20th century reading of Immanuel Kant. This book is the first comprehensive look at the intersection of neo-Kantian theory and democratization programs undertaken by international organizations and non-governmental bodies in post-conflict and fragile states. The features of this new, assumed right, seem to graft onto international law---and thus hand over to international agencies-methods of protecting and effecting 'democracy' in its broadest definition. The consequence seems to be an alt
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| ISBN | 0773425934. - 9780773425934
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