Jean L. Cohen

Globalization and Sovereignty

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Produktbeschreibung

Sovereignty and the sovereign state are often seen as anachronisms; Globalization and Sovereignty challenges this view. Jean L. Cohen analyzes the new sovereignty regime emergent since the 1990s evidenced by the discourses and practice of human rights, humanitarian intervention, transformative occupation, and the UN targeted sanctions regime that blacklists alleged terrorists. Presenting a systematic theory of sovereignty and its transformation in international law and politics, Cohen argues for the continued importance of sovereign equality. She offers a theory of a dualistic world order comprised of an international society of states, and a global political community in which human rights and global governance institutions affect the law, policies, and political culture of sovereign states. She advocates the constitutionalization of these institutions, within the framework of constitutional pluralism. This book will appeal to students of international political theory and law, political scientists, sociologists, legal historians, and theorists of constitutionalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 627g
• ISBN-13: 9780521148450
• ISBN-10: 0521148456
• Artikelnr.: 35482720

Autorenporträt

Jean L. Cohen is Nell and Herbert Singer Professor of Contemporary Civilization and Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University where she has been teaching international political theory and courses on sovereignty, the state and global justice for over ten years. She is the author of Class and Civil Society: The Limits of Marxian Critical Theory (1982), Civil Society and Political Theory (co-authored with Andrew Arato, 1992) and Regulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Sovereignty in the context of globalization: a constitutional pluralist approach; 2. Constitutionalism and political form: rethinking federation; 3. International human rights, sovereignty and global governance: toward a new political conception; 4. Sovereignty and human rights in 'post conflict' constitution-making: toward a jus post-bellum for 'interim occupations'; 5. Security council activism in the 'war on terror': legality and legitimacy reconsidered; Conclusion.

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Introduction
1. Sovereignty in the context of globalization: a constitutional pluralist approach
2. Constitutionalism and political form: rethinking federation
3. International human rights, sovereignty and global governance: toward a new political conception
4. Sovereignty and human rights in 'post conflict' constitution-making: toward a jus post-bellum for 'interim occupations'
5. Security council activism in the 'war on terror': legality and legitimacy reconsidered
Conclusion.

Rezensionen

'Jean Cohen presents a comprehensive critical account of the emerging global system of politics and law animated by the question of the fate and future of democratic autonomy. Her answer is a powerful theory of a 'dualistic' international order balancing the principles of sovereign equality and human rights. A must-read for anyone concerned about the possibilities of democracy in today's and tomorrow's world.' Rainer Forst, University of Frankfurt