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Neera Chandhoke focuses on the question of secularism as an expression and a tool for the pursuit of justice. In the process, she reflects on how India came to borrow but adapt as well the notion of secularism, which initially emerged in the West. Chandhoke also alludes to the challenges associated with doing political theory and global political theory in a context that is dominated by Western ways of thinking and paradigms. Important for the future is to identify ways through which the problematization of justice, especially at the global level, would recognize and engineer greater agency to developing countries and their people.
David Held’s chapter explores the principles and institutions of global justice. As such it offers a critique of the state of affairs in which we find ourselves today. The limitations of the current situation are described by Held as “gridlock”. At the same time Held believes that not all is lost. Despite the enormous challenges, there are ways to overcome gridlock. Hence the fact that in the end David Held is rather optimistic regarding the way forward.
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