Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics

Principled Compromises in a Compromised World

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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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 in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; the great unresolved issues of workplace democracy; and the dilemmas of immigration policy for the U.S. and Europe.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-04-09
Mått160 x 227 x 15 mm
Vikt363 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Critical Theory
Antal sidor280
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742533486

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Part 1 Introduction: New Critical Theory: Taking Rights, Democracy, and Identity Politics SeriouslyChapter 2 Human Rights and Differends: The Fragmentation of Reason and Identity in the (Post)modern AgePart 3 I IdentityChapter 4 White Man's Burden? Ethnicity and Race in the Era of Identity PoliticsChapter 5 Identity Politics and Law: Reflections on DisabilityPart 6 II Deliberative DemocracyChapter 7 Democracy and Racial Identity: Reconsidering RepresentationChapter 8 Democracy and the Rule of Law: Differends and Crises in Post-Liberal CapitalismPart 9 III RightsChapter 10 Toward a Pragmatist and Perfectionist Theory of RightsChapter 11 Human Rights and International JusticePart 12 Concluding Remarks: Achieving Global Harmony Through Transformative Dialogue

In this major new work of political theory, David Ingram successfully melds the utopian impulse to go beyond the constraints of the current global system with a pragmatic framework that pursues the most effective strategies available in the here and now. I especially liked his sympathetic treatment of identity politics, which has suffered specious attacks from the so-called 'left.' Ingram's version of left politics is one I can feel a part of as a Latina.