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Global inequality, human rights and power: a critique of Ulrich Beck's cosmopolitanism
This article is a critique of Ulrich Beck's advocacy of a cosmopolitan approach to global inequality and human rights. It is argued that cosmopolitanism does not bring a new and unique perspective on global inequality. In fact Beck's proposals on migration would reinforce inequality and anti-cosmopolitanism. It is argued that his `both/and' perspective on hybridization and contextual universalism is undermined by inequality, conflict and power that are glossed over in Beck's approach. I argue that human rights interventionism as advocated by Beck falls short of cosmopolitanism, in ways which are shown by qualifications about power and inequality that Beck himself makes in his arguments.
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Critical SociologyISSN
0896-9205Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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2Volume
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253-272Pages
20.0Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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2012-02-06First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-03-21First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-03-21Usage metrics
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