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O N G L O BA L I Z I N G D E M O C R AC Y A N D H U M A N R I G H T S Carol C. Gould, Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004) Joseph M. Schwartz Carol Gould's Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights is an ambitious work of social theory that brings normative democratic theory to bear upon the prospects for extending democracy and human rights globally. Writing in the tradition of critical social theory, Gould discerns from contemporary social developments the potentiality for social transformation. Thus, her hopes for extending human rights and democracy within and across state boundaries is grounded in her claim that the growing interdependence of economic, cultural, and social relations is engendering "inter-societal" relationships and norms. Those working across borders on common emancipatory projects (be it fighting trafficking in women; global warming; or cross-border labor exploitation) advance cross-border demands for democratic voice in the decisions that affect them and over the common projects in which they engage. Gould's initial chapter attempts to resolve the seeming circularity of the relationship between democracy and human rights. Gould believes that neither discourse,
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Published: Jul 23, 2008
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