LEADER 04498nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910812732003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-12084-4 010 $a9786613120847 010 $a90-04-20134-3 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004201330.i-237 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092665 035 $a(EBL)717637 035 $a(OCoLC)727944965 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000502658 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12212153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502658 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10520877 035 $a(PQKB)10380363 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC717637 035 $a(OCoLC)688843628 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004201347 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL717637 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10470576 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312084 035 $a(PPN)170756521 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092665 100 $a20101215d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobalization, violence and world governance$b[electronic resource] /$fby Laura Westra 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in critical social sciences,$x1573-4234 ;$vv. 30 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-20133-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rL. Westra -- $tIntroduction /$rL. Westra -- $tChapter One. Globalization And World Governance: A Preliminary Discussion /$rL. Westra -- $tChapter Two. Globalization As ?Plunder?, ?Exploitation? And ?Ecoviolence?: A Causal Analysis /$rL. Westra -- $tChapter Three. Hazards, Ecoviolence And The Need For World Law /$rL. Westra -- $tChapter Four. Cosmopolitanism And Neoliberal Democracy In Conflict /$rL. Westra -- $tChapter Five. The Right To Water: Israel V. Palestine (A Case Study) /$rL. Westra -- $tChapter Six. The United Nations And International Law: Is World Governance The Way Forward? /$rL. Westra -- $tAppendix I. List Of Cases /$rL. Westra -- $tAppendix II. List Of Documents /$rL. Westra -- $tReferences /$rL. Westra -- $tIndex /$rL. Westra. 330 $aIn this work Laura Westra draws our attention to the failure of international law to promote and protect the rights of society in the face of the ravages of neoliberal agendas in an era of globalization. This book outlines how international law is perhaps a misnomer, and at its core there is a great distance between laws as they are written and laws as they are implemented. Each chapter in this volume peels back the illusions of laws as instruments designed to protect the public welfare, and shows how the intersection of globalization and neoliberal democracy has stripped people of their dignity, has violated human rights, has resulted in ecological disaster, all for the singular goal of profit and in the name of so-called economic rationality. Westra demonstrates how documents like national constitutions, with its eloquent language on the rights of its citizens, are cast aside when it comes to defending those rights. Calling international law a failed enterprise, the heart of this book explores how we may yet reconstruct a true system of international rights enforced by real international laws, and contemplates the limitations and possibilities of international organizations to effectively address truly international problems. Through the lens of what might be called a political ecology Westra offers us a call for action to protect our environments and indeed our selves. 410 0$aStudies in critical social sciences ;$vv. 30. 606 $aInternational law$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aInternational law$xPhilosophy 606 $aInternational organization 606 $aSocial justice 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aCivil rights 606 $aRule of law 615 0$aInternational law$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aInternational law$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aInternational organization. 615 0$aSocial justice. 615 0$aGlobalization. 615 0$aCivil rights. 615 0$aRule of law. 676 $a341 700 $aWestra$b Laura$0307484 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812732003321 996 $aGlobalization, violence and world governance$94084231 997 $aUNINA