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IR
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122T
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انگلیسی
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IR
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism and global democracy in the age of globalization
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[Thesis]
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The Claremont Graduate University: United States -- California
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: 2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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237 pages
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
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, The Claremont Graduate University: United States -- California
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Neoliberal globalization, in spite of its various benefits, gives rise to some ethical problems. Among the problems is a widening income gap between the poor and rich within and between countries which results in the hunger and even death of the poor. In addition, as a byproduct of neoliberal policies, environmental degradation threatens human beings and God's creation. This study explores various kinds of global democracy projects which present solutions to contemporary globalization. Those are Liberal Internationalism, Radical Communitarianism, Cosmopolitanism, and the multitude project of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. These proposals have their respective merits and limitations in solving the ethical problems of neoliberal globalization. Hence, this dissertation critiques those proposals based on Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism, and presents it as an ethical alternative to international political systems questioning the possibility of global democracy.However, Niebuhr's Christian realism also has some limitations due to the difference in context between his era and the current globalization process. Thus, his Christian realism needs to be complemented by some ethical principles such as the preferential option for the poor and marginalized in liberation theology as well as John Rawls' difference principle. Furthermore, Niebuhr's notion of "balance of power" should be supported by Anselm K. Min's concept of "solidarity of others" and by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's networking principle of the multitude and can help to build a global civil society as a countervailing force to current neoliberal globalization. I call this position the "new balance of power approach" among states, corporations, international institutions and international civil society.This work shows how a Christian understanding of humanity can be enlarged to global political agendas. Though Niebuhr presented Christian realism as an ethical proposal for national and international politics, his Christian realism became obsolete with the change of times. Thus, there are few academic works on this subject, namely applying Niebuhr's Christian realism to global politics. However, by analyzing his balance of power concept for the establishment of global civil society, this work will enrich ethical debates on contemporary globalization.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion
Theology
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
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Christian realism
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Neibuhr
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Reinhold
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Balance of power
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Neoliberal globalization
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Global democracy
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Global civil society
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Democracy
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Globalization
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Kang, Jung Hee
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National Center for Globalization Studies
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