Interactive Democracy
The Social Roots of Global Justice

This book argues for an integrative approach to the core values of democracy, justice, and human rights.

Carol C. Gould (Author)

9781107607415, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 August 2014

303 pages
22.7 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.51 kg

'[This book is] serious, thought-provoking, well-informed, and animated by a sort of moral and practical sensibility in too short a supply.' David Reidy, International Dialogue

How can we confront the problems of diminished democracy, pervasive economic inequality, and persistent global poverty? Is it possible to fulfill the dual aims of deepening democratic participation and achieving economic justice, not only locally but also globally? Carol C. Gould proposes an integrative and interactive approach to the core values of democracy, justice, and human rights, looking beyond traditional politics to the social conditions that would enable us to realize these aims. Her innovative philosophical framework sheds new light on social movements across borders, the prospects for empathy and solidarity with distant others, and the problem of gender inequalities in diverse cultures, and also considers new ways in which democratic deliberation can be enhanced by online networking and extended to the institutions of global governance. Her book will be of great interest to scholars and upper-level students of political philosophy, global justice, social and political science, and gender studies.

Introduction
Part I. A Theoretical Framework: 1. A human rights approach to global justice: elements of theory and practice
2. A social ontology of human rights
3. Interpreting freedom dynamically: beyond liberty and autonomy to positive freedom
4. Is there a human right to democracy?
Part II. The Social Roots of Global Justice: 5. Transnational solidarities
6. Does global justice presuppose global solidarity?
7. Recognition and care in global justice
8. Gender equality, culture, and the interpretation of human rights
9. The sociality of free speech: the case of humor across cultures
10. Violence, power-with, and the human right to democracy
Part III. Interactive Democracy - Transnational, Regional, Global: 11. Diversity, democracy, and dialogue in a human rights framework
12. What is emancipatory networking?
13. Structuring transnational democracy: participation, self-determination, and new forms of representation
14. Democratic management and international labor rights
15. Regional vs global democracy: possibilities and limitations
Works cited
Index.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS], Political science & theory [JPA], Social & political philosophy [HPS]