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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 concepts of democracy in
contemporary international and global politics. Combining
viewpoints from the fields of international relations, political
theory and history, the book includes: * Critical examinations of
the concept of democracy as a political order and ethical ideal *
Assessment of the role and function of democracy in how
contemporary political events are understood and evaluated *
Analysis of the relationship of democracy to international
stability, liberalism and the emergence of capitalist economies The
book focuses on the move from the concept of international
politics' to world politics', recognising the equal importance of
understanding democratic interaction both within and between
states. It reviews current scholarly thinking in the field before
providing a complex theoretical re-engagement with the meaning of
democracy in contemporary world politics. Interrogating Democracy
in World Politics will be of interest to students and scholars of
politics and international relations, democratization studies and
globalization.
- How does politics affect you in everyday life? - What is power
and who has it? - Has the age of empire come to an end? - Is
capitalism the only viable economic system? Politics is all around
us. Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries teaches students that
their understanding of the political world is already theoretical,
and equips them with the tools to become critical and independent
thinkers. Unlike other textbooks on the market, students are
invited to actively engage with the questions that shape
international politics, such as 'what power relations are you
taking part in?'; 'which actors besides the state are important at
the global level?' and 'what power do you have to bring about
change in global politics?'. This innovative pedagogical approach
unveils a series of entrenched myths and mysteries in global
politics in an accessible and engaging way. The text is structured
into eleven chapters that cover key issues or 'myths' relating to
global politics; students are invited to think critically and
theoretically about each of these, whilst drawing on their existing
knowledge of politics. A range of learning features throughout,
such as integrated case studies, and reflective activities, help
readers to build a foundational knowledge of key concepts in
international relations. In addition, a suite of accompanying
online resources - including web links, additional case studies and
reading lists - help students to take their learning further.
Digital formats and resources Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries
is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety
of formats, and is supported by online resources. * The e-book
offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with
hyperlinks to carefully selected lists of web-links, and an
additional reading list, to help you broaden your knowledge and
understanding of international relations:
www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks * Student resources: a library of
web links, an annotated reading guide, and additional case studies
are available online. Lecturer resources: seminar questions and
activities, essay questions, and PowerPoint slides for each chapter
are available online.
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 the universal claims that human rights
enable, alternatively suggesting that they are pillars of
cross-cultural understanding of justice or the ideological
justification of a violent and exclusionary global order. All too
often, however, our evaluations of our human-rights world are not
based on sustained consideration of their complex, ambiguous and
often contradictory consequences. Reconstructing Human Rights
argues that human rights are only as good as the ends they help us
realise. We must attend to what ethical principles actually do in
the world to know their value. So, for human rights we need to
consider how the identity of humanity and the concept of rights
shape our thinking, structure our political activity and contribute
to social change. Reconstructing Human Rights defends human rights
as a tool that should enable us to challenge political authority
and established constellations of political membership by making
new claims possible. Human rights mobilise the identity of humanity
to make demands upon the terms of legitimate authority and
challenges established political memberships. In this work, it is
argued that this tool should be guided by a democratising ethos in
pursuit of that enables claims for more democratic forms of
politics and more inclusive political communities. While this work
directly engages with debates about human rights in philosophy and
political theory, in connecting our evaluations of the value of
human rights to their worldly consequences, it will also be of
interest to scholars considering human rights across disciplines,
including Law, Sociology, and Anthropology.
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