Retheorising Statelessness

A Background Theory of Membership in World Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Av Kelly Staples, University of Leicester) Staples, Kelly (Lecturer in International Politics

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Applies international political theory to statelessness as an ethical and political concernStateless persons are increasingly a concern of governments, international agencies and NGOs. Now, Kelly Staples supplies a much-needed political theorisation of statelessness. Her membership theory framework combines theory and contemporary case studies to demonstrate the connection between state membership, the burdens of statelessness and the situation of stateless persons. Key Features: A critical contribution to understanding the principles and practices of membership and protection in 21st-century international politicsBridges empirical and legal accounts of statelessness and existing theoretical accounts of membership, rights and protectionEssential reading for those interested in the future study of international political theory, global justice and human rights

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Utgivningsdatum2012-07-18
Mått156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt446 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Global Justice and Human Rights
Antal sidor200
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9780748642779

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Membership in World Politics; 2. Michael Walzer and the Denial of Membership; 3. Richard Rorty on the Kindness of Strangers; 4. Onora O'Neill: Fixing the Scope of Ethics?; 5. Towards a Background Theory of Membership; 6. Contemporary Statelessness: eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; 7. Contemporary Statelessness: the Rohingya; 8. Retheorising Statelessness; Bibliography.

This book is a significant contribution to ongoing debates about the tensions between citizenship rights and human rights. Staples refuses to identify exclusion from the state with exclusion from the human, and offers a promising alternative to predominant equations of statelessness with 'bare life'. Her argument will be essential reading for all those interested in steering a course between statism and cosmopolitanism in international political theory and international practice.