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Taking insights and controversies from feminist political theory, Lu looks to illuminate alternative images of 'sovereignty as privacy' and 'sovereignty as responsibility', and to identify new challenges arising from the increased agency of private global civil society, and their...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Global issues |
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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299542 |
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Taking insights and controversies from feminist political theory, Lu looks to illuminate alternative images of 'sovereignty as privacy' and 'sovereignty as responsibility', and to identify new challenges arising from the increased agency of private global civil society, and their relationship with the world of states. 'Catherine Lu provides us with an indispensible guide to the idea of 'global social justice'. In her hands, the phrase is no bromide - it is a benchmark for reflection, a specific point of reference. This is an empowering book, giving us the perspectives we need, yet often lack, to question the most settled premises of world politics.' - Joel H. Rosenthal, President, Carnegie Council of Ethics and International Affairs, USA 'In this elegantly written, carefully argued and sophisticated book, Catherine Lu offers a novel approach to the problem of humanitarian intervention. Drawing on the conceptual similarities between family privacy and state sovereignty, Lu argues that just as privacy in the domestic context has been recalibrated in the name of protecting individuals, so state sovereignty as a form of privacy in the international context ought to be reconceived. Lu shows how cosmopolitanism provides the most reasonable and attractive understanding of the public/private distinction as it applies to states. This is an original and timely contribution to an urgent and pressing topic.' - Kok-Chor Tan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, The University of Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2006. |
| Carrier Form: | 224 p. |
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9781403989475 9780230503960 : 0230503969 : |
| CLC: | D80 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements Introduction Public and Private: Towards Conceptual Clarification Realism and the Tyranny of the Private Sovereignty as Privacy The One and Many Faces of Cosmopolitanism Cosmopolitanism, Liberalism and Intervention Cosmopolitan Humanitarianism and the Use of Force Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index. |