We live in a human-rights world. The language of human-rights claims and numerous human-rights institutions shape almost all aspects of our political lives, yet we struggle to know how to judge this development. Scholars give us good reason to be both supportive and sceptical of…
Reconstructing human rights -- Human rights and the ethics of uncertainty -- Human rights and the politics of uncertainty -- Human rights as situationist ethics -- Human rights as agonistic politics -- Human rights as democratizing ethos -- Conclusion
We live in a human rights world. The language of human rights claims and numerous human rights institutions shape almost all aspects of our political lives, yet we struggle to know how to judge this development. Scholars give us good reason to be both supportive and sceptical of…
This volume examines the place of human rights in world politics and how they are justified as ethical principles that constrain political authority.
It is often assumed that democracy is both desirable and possible in global politics. Interrogating Democracy in World Politics provides a counter-argument to this assumption by questioning the history, meaning and concepts of democracy in contemporary international and global p…
It is often assumed that democracy is both desirable and possible in global politics. Interrogating Democracy in World Politics provides an important counter-argument to this assumption by questioning the history, meaning and conceptsof democracy in contemporary international an…