Cosmopolitanism : ideals and realities / David Held.
This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism, explicating its core principles and justifications, and examines the role many of these principles have played in the development of global politics, such as f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. :
Polity Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism, explicating its core principles and justifications, and examines the role many of these principles have played in the development of global politics, such as framing the human rights regime. The framework is then used to address some of the most pressing issues of our time: the crisis of financial markets, climate change and the fallout from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In each case, Held argues that realistic politics is exhausted, and that cosmopolitanism is the new realism. -- Book cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 306 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-291) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0745648355 9780745648354 0745648363 9780745648361 |