Human Rights, Democracy and the State in the Third Wave of Autocracy

This article delves into a persistent problem in political science and theory: the relationship between human rights, democracy and the state. It analyzes three main currents of political thought: 1) One states that democracy and human rights are inextricably related; 2) The second that democracy is...

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Autor: Valdés Ugalde, Francisco
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/72341
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/72341
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:equality
human rights
democracy
state
autocracy
constitutional democracy.
igualdad
derechos humanos
democracia
Estado
autocracia
democracia constitucional.
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Resumo:This article delves into a persistent problem in political science and theory: the relationship between human rights, democracy and the state. It analyzes three main currents of political thought: 1) One states that democracy and human rights are inextricably related; 2) The second that democracy is a human right in its own right, and 3) The third that suggests that human rights can be upheld despite the absence of political democracy. The three theories are examined contrasting their postulates on the relationship between morality, politics and law in view of the obstacles to the development of human rights and democracy within the structureof the contemporary state.