|
|
|
Key Information
|
| Authors: |
Alan Gilbert |
| Nonfiction Category: |
Political Science |
|
Book Editions
|
| : |
Format: Paperback, 316
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr (August 16, 1999)
Measurements: 9.75"(h) x 6"(w) x 0.75"(d), 1.05 lbs.
ISBN: 9780691001821 |
| More Information |
| Details: |
As each power vies for its national interests on the world stage, how do its own citizens' democratic interests fare at home? Alan Gilbert speaks to an issue at the heart of current international-relations debate. He contends that, in spite of neo-realists' assumptions, a vocal citizen democracy can and must have a role in global politics. Further, he shows that all the major versions of realism and neo-realism, if properly stated with a view of the national interest as a common good, surprisingly lead to democracy. His most striking example focuses on realist criticisms of the Vietnam War. Democratic internationalism, as Gilbert terms it, is really the linking of citizens' interests across national boundaries to overcome the antidemocratic actions of their own governments. Realist misinterpretations have overlooked Thucydides' theme about how a democracy corrupts itself through imperial expansion as well as Karl Marx's observations about the positive effects of democratic movements in one country on events |
| Return to top |
|
|
|
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc.