Human Rights and Democracy : Discourse Theory and Global Rights Institutions.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Interdependence of Human Rights and Democracy -- Introduction -- Three Concerns -- The Aim of the Book -- An Outline -- 2. The Absence of Political Rights in the Rights Discourse -- Introduction -- The Theoretical Rights Discourse -- The Empirical Rights Discourse -- Reflections on Habermas' Discourse Theory -- 3. A Discourse Theory Based on Action Rules of Language -- Introduction -- Communicative Action, Lifeworld and System -- The Action Rules of Language -- Towards a Revised Notion of Rationality -- 4. Legitimizing Rights Through Democratic Means -- Introduction -- Reflections on Deliberative Democracy -- Towards a Discursive Approach to Human Rights -- 5. Towards an Institutional Design -- Introduction -- From Territorial to Functional Sovereignty -- Reflections on a Normative Institutional Design -- 6. The Reflexive Use of Rights -- Introduction -- Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights -- The Critique of Human Rights -- Human Rights as Critique -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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