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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818233203321

Autore

Tambakaki Paulina

Titolo

Human rights, or citizenship? / / Paulina Tambakaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon [England] ; ; New York : , : Birkbeck Law Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-134-01760-X

1-134-01761-8

1-282-59564-4

9786612595646

0-203-88077-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Birkbeck Law Press

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Human rights

Citizenship

Political ethics

Social ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Citizenship and human rights in tension : changes, issues and approaches -- Privileging human rights -- The illusive promise of human rights -- Politics and legalism -- Back to citizenship, an agonistic conception.

Sommario/riassunto

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 shift and explores its implications for democracy. In an accessible way, the book explores the arguments within contemporary democratic theory that privilege law and legally codified human righ