Democratic Society and Human Needs
Author | : Jeff Noonan |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780773560161 |
ISBN-13 | : 0773560165 |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Download or read book Democratic Society and Human Needs written by Jeff Noonan and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Democratic Society and Human Needs Noonan examines the moral grounds for liberalism and democracy, arguing that contemporary democracy was created through needs-based struggles against classical liberal rights, which are essentially exclusionary. For him, a democratic society is one in which human beings collectively control necessary life-resources, using them to promote the essential human value of free capability realization. His critique of globalization and liberal-capitalism vindicates radical social and economic democratization and provides an essential step towards understanding the vast discrepancies between rich and poor within and between democratic countries.