Frankfurt school perspectives on globalization, democracy, and the law /
[Book]
William E. Scheuerman.
New York :
Routledge,
2008.
viii, 212 pages ;
24 cm.
Routledge studies in social and political thought ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
Franz Neumann : legal theorist of globalization? -- Economic globalization and the rule of law -- Transnational labor standards : the U.S. experience -- Neumann v. Habermas : the Frankfurt school and the case of the rule of law -- Between radicalism and resignation : democratic theory in Habermas' Between facts and norms -- Prospects and perils of proceduralist law -- Globalization and the antinomies of Habermasian deliberative democracy -- Cosmopolitan democracy : democracy without law? -- Global governance without global government?
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This text presents a critical survey of important Frankfurt School-based work in political and legal theory. It demonstrates that the Frankfurt School tradition speaks directly to some pressing political and social concerns, including globalization, the reform of the welfare state, and the environmental crisis.