Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics: Principled Compromises in a Compromised World

By David Ingram

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742533484
• ISBN13: 9780742533486
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"