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Global inequality, human rights and power: a critique of Ulrich Beck's cosmopolitanism

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posted on 2023-06-07, 23:41 authored by Luke MartellLuke Martell
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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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Critical Sociology

ISSN

0896-9205

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

2

Volume

35

Page range

253-272

Pages

20.0

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  • Sociology and Criminology Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-03-21

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-03-21

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