Injustice, relational violence, and the foster system
Abstract Political theorists have not paid sustained attention to the foster system or treated it as a political institution. Despite this, scholars and social movement advocates have identified the system as a site of social and political injustice. This paper develops an account of racial, class, and relational injustice in the contemporary US foster
Emma Ebowe
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”
Abstract Conceptual change is commonplace in political theory. Recent scholarship argues that improving a concept, or “engineering” it, can sharpen its normative and explanatory power. This article illustrates what political theory can learn from conceptual engineering (CE) by examining the evolution of “corruption” as a case study.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
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Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
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Beyond Rawls' Fiction: The Veil of Ignorance Is Real [PDF]
Brief thoughts on why Rawls' "fictional" veil of ignorance is in fact real and why social morals and self-interest thus ...
Lloyd, Harold Anthony
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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Prefacio a la edición francesa de A Theory of Justice (1986) [trad. de Emilio Martínez Navarro].
Prefacio a la edición francesa de A Theory of Justice (1986) [trad. de Emilio Martínez Navarro].
John Rawls
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Uncivil Disobedience: Political Commitment and Violence [PDF]
Standard accounts of civil disobedience include nonviolence as a necessary condition. Here I argue that such accounts are mistaken and that civil disobedience can include violence in many aspects, primarily excepting violence directed at other persons. I
Adams, N. P.
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The degree of cooperativism in Europe: Towards an evaluation model for cooperative banking
Abstract Democracy, social commitment and proximity are fundamental values of cooperative‐based financial institutions. The degree of cooperativism of an entity (or, by extension, of a territorial area or country) can be associated with the intensity with which the entity promotes the inherent values of cooperatives.
Francisco Salas‐Molina +2 more
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Critical Analysis of Michael J. Sandal’s Philosophy of Political and Social Affairs [PDF]
Michael J. Sandal (born March 1993) is an American Political philosopher and professor at Harward University. He is best known for the Harward Course Justice and for his critique of John Rawls’s “Theory of Justice”. Sandal in his book "Public Philosophy",
Ahmad Reza Tabatabai
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