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Combining case studies with normative theory, this
book analyzes the democratic credentials of transnational
actors participating in global governance, ranging from
corporations and philanthropic foundations to NGOs and social
movements. This leads to innovative interpretations of democratic
legitimacy in a transnational context.
This volume explores the relationship between human rights and
democracy within both the theoretical and empirical field. It is a
book within the tradition of deliberative democracy, although it
focuses on global institutions and human rights rather than
nation-state or federalist democracy. Eva Erman problematizes the
absence of political rights in the global human rights discourse
from a deliberative standpoint. Starting out from and at the same
time criticizing Habermas' discourse theory of law and democracy,
she makes a significant contribution to a discourse theory of human
rights and applies it to a global rights institution, the United
Nations' Commission on Human Rights. This is an innovative study
that offers tools for democratizing existing global political
institutions, and is therefore suitable for philosophers, political
theorists, scholars of human rights and those interested in
democracy.
This volume explores the relationship between human rights and
democracy within both the theoretical and empirical field. It is a
book within the tradition of deliberative democracy, although it
focuses on global institutions and human rights rather than
nation-state or federalist democracy. Eva Erman problematizes the
absence of political rights in the global human rights discourse
from a deliberative standpoint. Starting out from and at the same
time criticizing Habermas' discourse theory of law and democracy,
she makes a significant contribution to a discourse theory of human
rights and applies it to a global rights institution, the United
Nations' Commission on Human Rights. This is an innovative study
that offers tools for democratizing existing global political
institutions, and is therefore suitable for philosophers, political
theorists, scholars of human rights and those interested in
democracy.
Should social and political practices play a role in the
justification of normative political principles? In several
sub-domains of political theory, theorists have suggested that
practices constrain principles in various ways. This book joins
five key debates in the current theoretical literature that have
been largely taking place in isolation and identifies common
strands of argument and their shared problems. By illuminating
these connections and cross-fertilising key debates in the current
theoretical literature, it develops a unified way forward for
practice-based political theory.
Combining case studies with normative theory, this book analyzes
the democratic credentials of transnational actors participating in
global governance, ranging from corporations and philanthropic
foundations to NGOs and social movements. This leads to innovative
interpretations of democratic legitimacy in a transnational
context.
The first systematic analysis of current debates surrounding the
role of practice in political theoryShould social and political
practices should play a role in the justification of normative
political principles? In several sub-domains of political theory,
theorists have suggested that practices constrain principles in
various ways. This book joins five key debates in the current
theoretical literature that have been largely taking place in
isolation and identifies common strands of argument and their
shared problems. By illuminating these connections and
cross-fertilising key debates in the current theoretical
literature, it develops a unified way forward for practice-based
political theory.An in-depth treatment of an extremely timely topic
given the lively contestations in the five scrutinised debates with
regard to how the relationship between social and political
practices and normative political principles best should be
understoodEmbraces a comprehensive approach to the fundamental
question of how social and political practices constrain normative
political principles of different kindsCritically assesses
arguments for different kinds of constraints in current debates
e.g. linguistic constraints, methodological constraints,
epistemological constraints and political constraints
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