Eva Erman

Human Rights and Democracy

Discourse Theory and Global Rights Institutions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the relationship between human rights and democracy within both the theoretical and empirical field. It is an innovative study that offers tools for democratizing existing global political institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780754644866
• ISBN-10: 0754644863
• Artikelnr.: 41253159

Autorenporträt

Eva Erman is Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University in Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The interdependence of human rights and democracy
The absence of political rights in the rights discourse
A discourse theory based on action rules of language
Legitimizing rights through democratic means
Towards an institutional design
The reflexive use of rights
Bibliography
Index.