Democracy as Human Rights: Freedom and Equality in the Age of Globalization

by Michael Goodhart

Book Overview

Is global democracy possible? The most prominent institutional manifestations of this concept-the UN, WTO, IMF and World Bank-have been skewered as cloistered anti-democratic institutions by anti-globalization activists. Meanwhile, proponents of globalization advocate reforming these institutions to make them more transparent.

Michael Goodhart argues that both views fail to recognize the complex link between modern democracy and the sovereign...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041595178X
• ISBN13: 9780415951784
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"