Author : David Ingram
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461615933
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Book Synopsis Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics by : David Ingram
Download or read book Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics written by David Ingram and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2004-04-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.