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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Anderson-Gold, Sharon, 1947- Cosmopolitanism and human rights. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2001 (OCoLC)631647162 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sharon Anderson-Gold |
ISBN: | 0708316727 9780708316726 0708316735 9780708316733 |
OCLC Number: | 47193885 |
Description: | ix, 166 pages ; 22 cm. |
Contents: | 1. A Brief History of Cosmopolitanism -- 2. Kantian Cosmopolitanism -- 3. Cosmopolitan Community and the Law of World Citizenship -- 4. Human Rights and the Transformation of Sovereignty -- 5. From Nations to Individuals as the Subjects of International Law -- 6. Human Rights: Transforming Models of Society -- 7. Globalization and Development -- 8. An Ecological Paradigm of Human Rights -- App. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
Series Title: | Political philosophy now. |
Responsibility: | Sharon Anderson-Gold. |
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"This book has many merits. Anderson-Gold does an excellent job of combining theoretical insights with an empirical account of the world. Students will especially appreciate Anderson-Gold"s detailed account of the development of the global human rights regime and the use of historical examples to illustrate her theoretical points. Kantians will appreciate the interpretation that she provides of Kant"s cosmopolitan credentials. And while many of her arguments about the extent to which the contemporary practice of international politics is shaped by a cosmopolitan condition are likely to prove contentious, she nevertheless offers an image of international politics that many will find attractive Read more...

