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Staples Kelly |
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Titolo |
Retheorising statelessness [[electronic resource] ] : a background theory of membership in world politics / / Kelly Staples |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights |
Studies in global justice and human rights |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Stateless persons |
Statelessness |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-188) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 MEMBERSHIP IN WORLD POLITICS; Chapter 2 MICHAEL WALZER AND THE DENIAL OF MEMBERSHIP; Chapter 3 RICHARD RORTY ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS; Chapter 4 ONORA O'NEILL: FIXING THE SCOPE OF ETHICS?; Chapter 5 TOWARDS A BACKGROUND THEORY OF MEMBERSHIP; Chapter 6 CONTEMPORARY STATELESSNESS IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; Chapter 7 CONTEMPORARY STATELESSNESS: THE ROHINGYA; Chapter 8 RETHEORISING STATELESSNESS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Applies international political theory to statelessness as an ethical and political concern. Stateless 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-centur |
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