168 Pages
by
Birkbeck Law Press
168 Pages
by
Birkbeck Law Press
168 Pages
by
Birkbeck Law Press
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While human rights have been enjoying unprecedented salience, the concept of the citizen has been significantly challenged. Rising ethical concerns, the calling into question of state sovereignty, and the consolidation of the human rights regime, have all contributed to a shift in focus: from an exclusionary, problematic citizenship to human rights. Human Rights or Citizenship? examines this... Read more
Introduction 1. Citizenship and Human Rights in Tension. Changes, Issues and Approaches 2. Privileging Human Rights 3. The Illusive Promise of Human Rights 4. Politics and Legalism 5. Back to Citizenship, An Agonistic Conception. Conclusion: And Human Rights?
Biography
Paulina Tambakaki is a Research Fellow in Political Theory at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster. She has published articles in Citizenship Studies, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy and Parallax.
