Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics: Principled Compromises in a Compromised World

by David Ingram

Book Overview

Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics develops a critical theory of human rights and global democracy. Ingram both develops a theory of rights and applies it to a range of concrete and timely issues, such as the persistence of racism in contemporary American society; the emergence of so-called 'whiteness theory;' the failure of identity politics; the tensions between emphases on antidiscrimination and affirmative action...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742533476
• ISBN13: 9780742533479
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"