1.Does contemporary globalisation constitute a change within a pre-existent social order; or is it (part of) a change of that order? Try to answer this question using at least 3 of the following concepts: multiculturalism, regionalism, human rights, gender, dislocation. You must exemplify your discussion with concrete examples (please try to avoid the "11 sept" example) This paper will answer the question above with the help of three concepts; multiculturalism, human rights and gender. In order to answer the question I must begin with defining the chosen concepts. Human rights will be used in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and gender will used as the World Health Organization (n.d.) defines it, thus as the socially constructed roles for men and women that a certain society considers appropriate. Multiculturalism has been defined in various ways, thus to be able to include the term in the discussion of this paper I must start with choosing a definition that will be used throughout the paper. Kenan Malik (2002) discusses how there exists an experienced aspect and an ideology aspect of multicultaralism. The experienced aspect recognizes what becomes more positive of living in a less homogenous society, however due to the narrow focus in this paper I limited the scope of multiculturalism down to the ideology. This aspect recognizes the more negative aspects, such as conflicts between cultures with different values and beliefs. Malik states that in a truly plural society everyone shall be treated as political equals in the public sphere, no matter what their private life looks like, and each citizen has in the private sphere the freedom to exercise what ever practices and values one wishes to. If co... ... middle of paper ... ...vember 16. Accessed December 3, 2013. http://www.kenanmalik.com/lectures/muliticulturalism_if.html Jütting, Johannes, and Indra de Soysa. n.d. ”Informal Institutions and Development: Think Local, Act Global?” Paper for international seminar, OECD. Paris. http://www.oecd.org/dac/governance-development/37790393.pdf Scholte, Jan Aart. 2005. Globalization: A Critical Introduction (2nd ed.). New York: Palgrave macmillan. Kindle edition. Song, Sarah. 2005. ”Majority Norms, Multiculturalism, and Gender Equality.” American Political Science Review 99:473-489. Universal Declaration of Human Rights .1948. ”Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. Human Rights Library. Accessed December 4, 2013. http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/b1udhr.htm World Health Organization. n.d. ”Gender, women and health.” Accessed December 4, 2013. http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/
Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos. "Globalization, Nation-state and Catching up." Revista De Economia Política 28.4 (2008): 557-76. Print.
Since the Renaissance of the 15th century, societal views have evolved drastically. One of the largest changes has been the realization of individualism, along with the recognition of inalienable human rights.(UDHR, A.1) This means that all humans are equal, free, and capable of thought; as such, the rights of one individual cannot infringe on another’s at risk of de-humanizing the infringed upon. The fact that humans have a set of natural rights is not contested in society today; the idea of human rights is a societal construction based on normative ethical codes. Human rights are defined from the hegemonic standpoint, using normative ethical values and their application to the interactions of individuals with each other and state bodies. Human rights laws are legislature put in place by the governing body to regulate these interactions.
Multiculturalism implies the co-existence of cultural identities includes racial, religious, styles of thinking and political views, within the same border of state. Race is an important factor to some when it comes to what is considered as “multicultural” since it define people physical appearance and if people within a geographical region look different, the area is diverse. However, race is a socially
In the era of globalization, people from different ethnics live randomly in many places in this world, the diversity and adaptation are occurred. Variation of stereotype can cause many controversies like discrimination, racism and etc. Thus, nowaday, the requisition of human rights gains more attention and awareness. Words or acts which involved to the race is a very sensitive topic. Many international events support anti-racism behavior and take it very serious such as Olympic games. Although avoiding discriminate acts is a common public manner that majority does, there are minor offensive still occur in many society like in college or university campuses. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt wrote
“Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don’t like as those we do”, said Trevor Phillips, a British writer, broadcaster and former politician. Since the day of human civilization and human rights are found. No one can argue against the idea that God created us equal, but this idea have been well understood and known after the appearance of many associations that fight for human rights as The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that showed up in 1948. Human rights are those rights that every person, without exceptions, is born with. They are the most important human basic needs because no one can live a decent appropriate life without having those rights as a human. In fact, these rights
Human rights are universal and applicable to everyone no matter their cultural distinctions. The concept of human rights has been cultivated and molded for centuries. Various cultures such as Greece, Britain, and Rome have in their history all had a form of human rights within their ideologies and laws. It was not until World War II that international human rights were determined as law. Traditional legal theory focuses are reason and rationale based. Law is viewed as “application of formulated rules to established facts yielding decisions (Morris, 1958, pg. 148).” Sociologist Catherine Lane West-Newman (2005) in Feeling for Justice? Rights, Laws, and Cultural Context explores the absence of emotions and feelings within our current legal
Bloemraad, Irene. “The Debate Over Multiculturalism: Philosophy, Politics, and Policy.” www.migrationpolicy.org. September 22, 2011. Web.
Human Rights in international law have been an immense issue for long period of time and continues to be. International human rights began to come to question, from the way soldiers and civilians were treated in times of war. International human rights involving war issues then extended to consist of other rights. When colonialism broadened it brought problems with minorities, which led to questioning human rights. Then in western regions in the world the increase debate about women’s statu...
In his article “The Failure of Multiculturalism”, Kenan Malik uses the diverse European culture to study and explain the irony of multiculturalism. He defines multiculturalism as “the embrace of an inclusive, diverse society” (Malik 21). Integration between cultures is practically inevitable, but several nations view this as a threat towards upholding their culture. Due to this, many countries have made attempts at properly integrating new people and ideas while trying to prevent the degradation of their own. This can result in unjust regulations and the reverse effect of an intended multicultural society.
On December 10th in 1948, the general assembly adopted a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This declaration, although not legally binding, created “a common standard of achievement of all people and all nations…to promote respect for those rights and freedoms” (Goodhart, 379). However, many cultures assert that the human rights policies outlined in the declaration undermine cultural beliefs and practices. This assertion makes the search for universal human rights very difficult to achieve. I would like to focus on articles 3, 14 and 25 to address how these articles could be modified to incorporate cultural differences, without completely undermining the search for human rights practices.
The doctrine of human rights were created to protect every single human regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality, sexual orientation and other differences. It is based on human dignity and the belief that no one has the right to take this away from another human being. The doctrine states that every ‘man’ has inalienable rights of equality, but is this true? Are human rights universal? Whether human rights are universal has been debated for decades. There have been individuals and even countries that oppose the idea that human rights are for everybody. This argument shall be investigated in this essay, by: exploring definitions and history on human rights, debating on whether it is universal while providing examples and background information while supporting my hypothesis that human rights should be based on particular cultural values and finally drawing a conclusion.
While on one hand there is a growing consensus that human rights are universal on the other exist critics who fiercely oppose the idea. Of the many questions posed by critics revolve around the world’s pluri-cultural and multipolarity nature and whether anything in such a situation can be really universal.
The Globalization of Poverty: Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms, Michel Chossudovsky, (Penang: Third World Network, 1997)
Globalization can briefly be defined as ‘something’ that affects and changes the traditional arrangements of the state system. It is a term that directly implies change and therefore is a continuos process over a long period of time as compared to quickly changing into a wanted or desir...
Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the discourse of international human rights and its importance has increasingly become indoctrinated in the international community. In the context of political and economic development, there have been debates on how and which rights should be ordered and protected throughout different cultures and communities. Though there is a general acceptance of international human rights around the globe, there is an approach that divides them into civil and political rights and social and economic rights, which puts emphasis where it need not be.