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The writing of Richard Falk : Towards humane global governance

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Publication details: Hyderabad Orient Blackswan 2012Description: 523p xxxvISBN:
  • 9788125043072
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.085000 CHI
Contents:
Contents: Foreword by B S Chimni; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 The Shaping of International Law Geopolitical and Democratic Challenges; 1 Reframing the Legal Agenda of the World Order in the Course of a Turbulent Century; 2 International Law and the Future; 3 Orientalism and International Law; Part 2 Reforming the UN Problems and Prospects; 1 Where is ?the Fork in the Road? Over the Horizon An Inquiry into the Failure of UN Reform; 2 The United Nations and Cosmopolitan Democracy Bad Dream Utopian Fantasy Political Project; 3 The United Nations System Prospects for Renewal; Part 3 The Planetary Threats; 1 The Second Cycle of Ecological Urgency An Environmental Justice Perspective; 2 A Radical World Order Challenge Addressing Global Climate Change and the Threat of Nuclear Weapons; Part 4 In the Aftermath of 911 Revisiting Gandhi; 1 Torture War and the Limits of Liberal Legality; 2 War and Peace in an Era of Terror and State Terrorism; 3 A New Gandhian Moment; Part 5 Building a Global Ethos Cultural Pluralities Religious Resurgence Political Solidarity; 1 Globalisation from Below An Innovative Politics of Resistance; 2 A Worldwide Religious Resurgence in an Era of Globalisations and Apocalyptic Terrorism; 3 Geopolitical Turmoil and Civilisational Pluralism; Part 6 Re imagining and Re making a New World Order Rights Justice and Democratic Governance; 1 The Power of Rights and the Rights of Power What Future for Human Rights; 2 Pursuing Global Justice; 3 Towards Humane Global Governance Rhetoric Desires and Imaginaries; 4 Towards a Necessary Utopianism Democratic Global Governance; 5 ReImagining the Global Governance; 6 The Citizen Pilgrim; Bibliography; Index
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Contents:
Foreword by B S Chimni;
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
Part 1 The Shaping of International Law Geopolitical and Democratic Challenges;
1 Reframing the Legal Agenda of the World Order in the Course of a Turbulent Century;
2 International Law and the Future;
3 Orientalism and International Law;
Part 2 Reforming the UN Problems and Prospects;
1 Where is ?the Fork in the Road? Over the Horizon An Inquiry into the Failure of UN Reform;
2 The United Nations and Cosmopolitan Democracy Bad Dream Utopian Fantasy Political Project;
3 The United Nations System Prospects for Renewal;
Part 3 The Planetary Threats;
1 The Second Cycle of Ecological Urgency An Environmental Justice Perspective;
2 A Radical World Order Challenge Addressing Global Climate Change and the Threat of Nuclear Weapons;
Part 4 In the Aftermath of 911 Revisiting Gandhi;
1 Torture War and the Limits of Liberal Legality;
2 War and Peace in an Era of Terror and State Terrorism;
3 A New Gandhian Moment;
Part 5 Building a Global Ethos Cultural Pluralities Religious Resurgence Political Solidarity;
1 Globalisation from Below An Innovative Politics of Resistance;
2 A Worldwide Religious Resurgence in an Era of Globalisations and Apocalyptic Terrorism;
3 Geopolitical Turmoil and Civilisational Pluralism;
Part 6 Re imagining and Re making a New World Order Rights Justice and Democratic Governance;
1 The Power of Rights and the Rights of Power What Future for Human Rights;
2 Pursuing Global Justice;
3 Towards Humane Global Governance Rhetoric Desires and Imaginaries;
4 Towards a Necessary Utopianism Democratic Global Governance;
5 ReImagining the Global Governance;
6 The Citizen Pilgrim;
Bibliography;
Index