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Modern Isonomy - Democratic Participation and Human Rights Protection as a System of Equal Rights (Hardcover)
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Modern Isonomy - Democratic Participation and Human Rights Protection as a System of Equal Rights (Hardcover)
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Until the eighteenth century, Western societies were hierarchical
ones. Since then, they have transformed themselves into societies
dominated by two features: participatory democracy and the
protection of human rights. In Modern Isonomy, distinguished
political theorist Gerald Stourzh unites these ideas as "isonomy."
The ideal, Stourzh argues, is a state, and indeed a world, in which
individual rights, including the right to participate in politics
equally, are clearly defined and possessed by all. Stourzh begins
with ancient Greek thought contrasting isonomy-which is associated
with the rule of the many-with "gradated societies," oligarchies,
and monarchies. He then discusses the American experiment with the
development of representative democracy as well as the French
Revolution, which proclaimed that all people are born and remain
free and with equal rights. But progress on the creation and
protection of rights for all has been uneven. Stourzh discusses
specifically the equalization of slaves, peasants, women, Jews, and
indigenous people. He demonstrates how deeply intertwined the
protection of equal rights is with the development of democracy and
gives particular attention to the development of constitutional
adjudication, notably the constitutional complaint of individuals.
He also discusses the international protection human rights. Timely
and thought-provoking, Modern Isonomy is an erudite exploration of
political and human rights.
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