Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law makes use of the work of first-generation Frankfurt School theorist Franz L. Neumann, in conjunction with his famous successor, J?rgen Habermas, to try to understand the momentous political and legal transformations generated by globalization. This volume demonstrates that the Frankfurt School tradition speaks directly to some pressing political and social concerns, including globalization, the reform of the welfare state, and the environmental crisis. Despite widespread claims to the contrary, the legal substructure of economic globalization tends to conflict with traditional models of the "rule of law." Neumann’s prediction that contemporary capitalism would decreasingly depend on generality, clarity, publicity, and stability in the law is supported by a surprising variety of empirical evidence. Habermas’s recent work is then interrogated in order to pursue the question of how we might counteract the deleterious trends accurately predicted by Neumann. How might democracy and the rule of law flourish in the context of globalization? The book is intended for scholars and advanced students in political science, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies.

Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law makes use of the work of first-generation Frankfurt School theorist Franz L. Neumann, in conjunction with his famous successor, Jürgen Habermas, to try to understand the momentous political and legal transformations generated by globalization.

This volume demonstrates that the Frankfurt School tradition speaks directly to some pressing political and social concerns, including globalization, the reform of the welfare state, and the environmental crisis. Despite widespread claims to the contrary, the legal substructure of economic globalization tends to conflict with traditional models of the rule of law. Neumann’s prediction that contemporary capitalism would decreasingly depend on generality, clarity, publicity, and stability in the law is supported by a surprising variety of empirical evidence. Habermas’s recent work is then interrogated in order to pursue the question of how we might counteract the deleterious trends accurately predicted by Neumann. How might democracy and the rule of law flourish in the context of globalization?

The book is intended for scholars and advanced students in political science, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies.

Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law makes use of the work of first-generation Frankfurt School theorist Franz L. Neumann, in conjunction with his famous successor, Jürgen Habermas, to try to understand the momentous political and legal transformations generated by globalization. This volume demonstrates that the Frankfurt School tradition speaks directly to some pressing political and social concerns, including globalization, the reform of the welfare state, and the environmental crisis. Despite widespread claims to the contrary, the legal substructure of economic globalization tends to conflict with traditional models of the'rule of law.'Neumann's prediction that contemporary capitalism would decreasingly depend on generality, clarity, publicity, and stability in the law is supported by a surprising variety of empirical evidence. Habermas's recent work is then interrogated in order to pursue the question of how we might counteract the deleterious trends accurately predicted by Neumann. How might democracy and the rule of law flourish in the context of globalization?The book is intended for scholars and advanced students in political science, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies. An accessible critical survey of important Frankfurt School-based work in political and legal theory is long overdue - this book is it. This volume demonstrates that the Frankfurt School tradition speaks directly to some pressing political and social concerns, including globalization, the reform of the welfare state, and the environmental crisis. The volume also introduces English-speaking readers to the contributions of some fascinating yet neglected figures in this intellectual story including Ernst Fraenkel and Ulrich Preuss. Focusing on the Frankfurt School's tendency to oscillate uneasily between a problematic brand of radicalism (e.g., Franz Neumann's Marxist analysis of the rule of law) and an equally unsatisfactory political resignation, this book identifies the conceptual roots of this dilemma, as well as suggesting possible paths beyond it. The volume is ideally suited for scholars and advanced students in political science, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies Franz Neumann : legal theorist of globalization? Economic globalization and the rule of law Transnational labor standards : the U.S. experience Neumann v. Habermas : the Frankfurt school and the case of the rule of law Between radicalism and resignation : democratic theory in Habermas' Between facts and norms Prospects and perils of proceduralist law Globalization and the antinomies of Habermasian deliberative democracy Cosmopolitan democracy : democracy without law? Global governance without global government? This text presents a critical survey of important Frankfurt School-based work in political and legal theory. It demonstrates that the Frankfurt School tradition speaks directly to some pressing political and social concerns, including globalization, the reform of the welfare state, and the environmental crisis