LEADER 04093nam 22005415 450 001 9911034570303321 005 20251001130441.0 010 $a3-032-01689-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-01689-8 035 $a(CKB)41544436300041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-01689-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32334629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32334629 035 $a(EXLCZ)9941544436300041 100 $a20251001d2026 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Human Right to Democracy in Multilevel Systems at a Time of Democratic Backsliding: Global, Regional and European Union Perspectives /$fby Thomas Giegerich 205 $a1st ed. 2026. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2026. 215 $a1 online resource (XII, 243 p.) 225 1 $aEuropean Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World,$x2524-8936 ;$v24 311 08$a3-032-01688-6 327 $aIntroduction: Human Rights and Democracy in the Post-National Era of Limited Sovereignty and Human Dignity -- Democracy as a Universal Value: United Nations Sources -- Democratic Ingredients of the Right of Self-Determination -- Human Rights as Cornerstones of Democracy -- The European Union as Exemplary but Imperfect Multilevel Democracy -- General Conclusions: Human Right to Democracy Ensures Comprehensive Legal Toolbox against Democratic Backsliding. 330 $aThis open access book takes stock of the current situation of the human right to democracy in multilevel systems of government - at a time of renewed struggles with antidemocratic forces (democratic backsliding). It tries to answer three questions: (1) Is there a human right to democracy in contemporary global and regional international law as well as European Union law and what consequences does that have for the States? governmental structure (top-down perspective on national democracy)? (2) Does the human right to democracy also extend to decision-making at the international and supranational level (bottom-up perspective on international/supranational democracy)? (3) What is the relation between national democracy and international democracy and the corresponding human entitlements (interdependence perspective)? The first part of an answer to these questions derives from the elements of democracy proclaimed by the United Nations as a universal value. The second part results from an investigation of the national and international democratic ingredients of the right of self-determination of peoples, whose recognition and codification is the mainstay of the human rights revolution since 1945. The third part is added by a survey and comparison of the various democratic rights included in the global and regional human rights treaties that constitute the subjective cornerstones of democracy. The fourth part is devoted to analysing the EU as exemplary but imperfect multilevel democracy. In all these parts, the enforcement of democratic entitlements are also discussed. In the fifth part, conclusions will be drawn. The book is addressed to international and EU law experts as well as political scientists. 410 0$aEuropean Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World,$x2524-8936 ;$v24 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aCivil rights 606 $aEuropean communities 606 $aHuman Rights 606 $aEuropean Fundamental Rights and Freedoms 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aCivil rights. 615 0$aEuropean communities. 615 14$aHuman Rights. 615 24$aEuropean Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. 676 $a341.48 700 $aGiegerich$b Thomas$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0232102 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911034570303321 996 $aThe Human Right to Democracy in Multilevel Systems at a Time of Democratic Backsliding: Global, Regional and European Union Perspectives$94450850 997 $aUNINA