Balakrishnan Rajagopal's fundamental critique of modern international law draws attention to traditional Third World engagements. Rajagopal challenges current approaches to international law and politics either through states or through individuals. With transnational and local social movement action now becoming increasingly visible and important--as witnessed in Seattle in 1999, he demonstrates that a new global order must consider seriously the resistance of social movements in the development of international law.
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"Important reading for members of social movements who hopefully will be inspired to create their own narrative about reshaping international law from below." Voluntas
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This first-ever analysis of international law using social movement theory provides a fundamental critique of modern international law, including traditional Third World engagements. Using a detailed historical and analytical critique, Rajagopal challenges current approaches to international law and politics either through states (as realists do) or through individuals (as liberals do). With transnational and local social movement action now becoming increasingly visible and important--as witnessed in Seattle in 1999--he demonstrates that a new global order based on law must take the resistance of social movements more seriously.
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There are several themes that run through this book which attempt to rethink Third World resistance to international law. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sole discourse, international law scholarship, international legal scholarship, social movements offer, integrating human rights, miracle debate, mandate system, new international law, social movement action, social movement perspective, relativist critiques, international development policy, development encounter, international economic law, permanent sovereignty, development discourse, new cosmopolitanism, international lawyers, many social movements, mainstream rights, institutional expansion, grassroots resistance, social movements research, international institutions, modern international law Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, United Nations, World War, Latin America, East Asian, League of Nations, United States, Articles of Agreement, Wall Street, Bretton Woods, Tamil Nadu, Bandung Conference, Louis Henkin, World Commission, Eastern Europe, Great Britain, International Covenant, Jack Donnelly, South India, Wilfred Jenks, Anthony Anghie, Comprehensive Development Framework, Mau Mau, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Stockholm Conference New!
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There are several themes that run through this book which attempt to rethink Third World resistance to international law. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sole discourse, international law scholarship, international legal scholarship, social movements offer, integrating human rights, miracle debate, mandate system, new international law, social movement action, social movement perspective, relativist critiques, international development policy, development encounter, international economic law, permanent sovereignty, development discourse, new cosmopolitanism, international lawyers, many social movements, mainstream rights, institutional expansion, grassroots resistance, social movements research, international institutions, modern international law Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, United Nations, World War, Latin America, East Asian, League of Nations, United States, Articles of Agreement, Wall Street, Bretton Woods, Tamil Nadu, Bandung Conference, Louis Henkin, World Commission, Eastern Europe, Great Britain, International Covenant, Jack Donnelly, South India, Wilfred Jenks, Anthony Anghie, Comprehensive Development Framework, Mau Mau, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Stockholm Conference New!
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- Toward Sustainable Development: Struggling over India's Narmada River (Columbia University Seminar) by William F. Fisher on 4 pages
- Institutions and Economic Development: Growth and Governance in Less-Developed and Post-Socialist Countries (The Johns Hopkins Studies in Development) by Christopher Clague in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Human Rights Law (International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory) by Philip Alston in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Making Of Social Movements In Latin America: Identity, Strategy, And Democracy (Series in Political Economy and Economic Development in Lati) by Arturo Escobar in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Age of Rights by Louis Henkin on page 171, and Back Matter
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- Law and Globalization from Below: Towards a Cosmopolitan Legality (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) by Boaventura de Sousa Santos on page 25, page 90, and page 216
- Who Believes in Human Rights?: Reflections on the European Convention (Law in Context) by Marie-Bénédicte Dembour on page 269, and Back Matter
- Identities, Boundaries, and Social Ties by Charles Tilly in Back Matter
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