Globalization, violence and world governance

Globalization, violence and world governance

by Westra, Laura

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In this work Laura Westra draws our attention to the failure of international law to promote and protect the rights of society in the face of the ravages of neoliberal agendas in an era of globalization. This book outlines how international law is perhaps a misnomer, and at its core there is a great distance between laws as they are written and laws as they are implemented.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Globalization, violence and world governance / by Laura Westra.

Summary

In this work Laura Westra draws our attention to the failure of international law to promote and protect the rights of society in the face of the ravages of neoliberal agendas in an era of globalization. This book outlines how international law is perhaps a misnomer, and at its core there is a great distance between laws as they are written and laws as they are implemented.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Place of Publication:Leiden
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004201347, 9004201343
  • oclc:ocn727944965
  • LC Classification:KZ1256
  • Dewey Decimal:341

Table of Contents

Globalization and world governance : a preliminary discussion -- Globalization as "plunder", "exploitation" and "ecoviolence" : a causal analysis -- Hazards, ecoviolence and the need for world law -- Cosmopolitanism and neoliberal democracy in conflict -- The right to water : Israel v. Palestine (a case study) -- The united nations and international law : is world governance the way forward?

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Subjects

Civil rights globalism Globalization International law -- Moral and ethical … International law -- Philosophy international organization Justice sociale LAW / International Mondialisation Organisation internationale Règle de droit Rule of law Social justice Social Justice

Writers

Westra, Laura

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