Local Autonomy As a Human Right - The Quest for Local Self-Rule

This interdisciplinary study argues that local control represents a universal social value that ought to be codified in international law as a human right.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Local Control, Human Rights and Globalization
Chapter 2. The Moral and Legal Case: Human Rights, Community Rights and Legal Pluralism
Chapter 3. Territory and Social Values in Global History
Chapter 4. Local Environmental Autonomy vs. 'Monumentalism'
Chapter 5. Towards Agrarian Autonomy
Chapter 6. Weak States, Strong Localities: Do Localities Benefit from State Fragility?
Chapter 7. The Decentralization Fix?
Chapter 8. Home Rule in the U.S.; The Local Dynamics of Fracking
Chapter 9. Large Cities as Power Brokers
Chapter 10. Towards Micro-local Policy Influence: Participatory Budgeting
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Local Control as Social Value
Bibliography

About the author

Joshua B. Forrest is Professor and Department Chair of History and Political Science at La Roche University, USA.

Summary

This interdisciplinary study argues that local control represents a universal social value that ought to be codified in international law as a human right.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua B. Forrest, Forrest Joshua B.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781538154496
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5449-6
• No. of pages: 588
• Series: Studies in Social and Global Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Central / national / federal government policies, Political Control & Freedoms, Central government policies, Cultural policies and debates