Author: | David Ingram | ISBN: | 9781461615934 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | April 9, 2004 |
Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
Author: | David Ingram |
ISBN: | 9781461615934 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Publication: | April 9, 2004 |
Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Language: | English |
Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics develops a critical theory of human rights and global democracy. Ingram both develops a theory of rights and applies it to a range of concrete and timely issues, such as the persistence of racism in contemporary American society; the emergence of so-called "whiteness theory;" the failure of identity politics; the tensions between emphases on antidiscrimination and affirmative action in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; the great unresolved issues of workplace democracy; and the dilemmas of immigration policy for the U.S. and Europe.
Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics develops a critical theory of human rights and global democracy. Ingram both develops a theory of rights and applies it to a range of concrete and timely issues, such as the persistence of racism in contemporary American society; the emergence of so-called "whiteness theory;" the failure of identity politics; the tensions between emphases on antidiscrimination and affirmative action in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; the great unresolved issues of workplace democracy; and the dilemmas of immigration policy for the U.S. and Europe.