Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World

by Nancy Fraser

Book Overview

Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that "Westphalian" picture of political space assumed by default, the scope of justice was rarely subject to open dispute. Today, however, human-rights activists and international feminists join critics of structural adjustment and the World Trade Organization in challenging the view that justice can only be a domestic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231146809
• ISBN13: 9780231146807
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 5.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher