Democracy in a Global World: Human Rights and Political Participation in the 21st Century

By Deen K. Chatterjee

Book Overview

The chapters in this volume deal with timely issues regarding democracy in theory and in practice in today's globalized world. Authored by leading political philosophers of our time, they appear here for the first time. The essays challenge and defend assumptions about the role of democracy as a viable political and legal institution in response to globalization, keeping in focus the role of rights at the normative foundations of democracy in a pluralistic world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742514528
• ISBN13: 9780742514522
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"