Human Rights and Democracy - Discourse Theory and Global Rights Institutions

List of contents

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.

About the author

Eva Erman is Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University in Sweden.

Summary

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.

Additional text

'Eva Erman's recent book on studying global human rights institutions through a (modified) Habermasian version of discourse theory constitutes an innovative and thoughtful attempt to bridge the gap between the theoretical-normative and the empirical research on human rights in the discipline of political sciences.' Human Rights & Human Welfare

Product details

• Authors: Erman, Eva Erman, Eva (Stockholm University) Erman, Erman Eva
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138266841
• ISBN: 978-1-138-26684-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights