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Subjects of Intergenerational Justice: Indigenous Philosophy, the Environment and Relationships by Christine J. Winter. Abingdon: Routledge, 2022

reasons, the author seeks interdisciplinary dialogue with other neighbouring fields which she spells out, that is, environmental and intergenerational philosophy, political theory, indigenous studies and ... Intergenerational Justice: Indigenous Philosophy, the Environment and Relationships” is a timely response to global environmental challenges and their future-oriented outlook, deeply rooted in the cosmovisions of

Liars, Skeptics, Cheerleaders: Human Rights Implications of Post-Truth Disinformation from State Officials and Politicians

The purpose of this paper is to philosophically examine how disinformation from state officials and politicians affects the right to access to information and political participation. Next to the ... disciplines in recent scholarship, embedding the issue in an interdisciplinary framework of political science, philosophy of knowledge, and communications theory. This background knowledge is then applied to a

Fifty Years of Human Rights Enforcement in Legal and Political Systems in Bangladesh: Past Controversies and Future Challenges

as legal and political instruments, it critically discusses human rights provisions and explores the legal and institutional frameworks on human rights enforcement in Bangladesh—(re)construed in 50 ... ; Enforcement; Legal system; Political system; Bangladesh Introduction Bangladesh has become one of Asia’s most remarkable success stories in recent years. It is in its near graduation from the least developed

Rethinking Vulnerability as a Radically Ethical Device: Ethical Vulnerability Analysis and the EU’s “Migration Crisis”

migration. This novel framework offers a thinking space to subvert approaches to migrants and migration as it compels us to come face-to face with the “other”, which in turn renders the political accountable ... “vulnerable” is “fixed in a political position of powerlessness and lack of agency” (Butler 2016, p. 25) . Importantly, because the vulnerable group approach reduces vulnerability to something entirely

Business and Human Rights Regulation After the UN Guiding Principles: Accountability, Governance, Effectiveness

rights. In seven original contributions, scholars from political science, law, accounting, and philosophy critically reflect on the theoretical foundations of the UNGPs, they analyze the effectiveness of

Beyond Crisis: Understandings of Vulnerability and Its Consequences in Relation to Intimate Partner Violence

This article takes a closer look at intimate partner violence (IPV) and its semantical, political, and legal interactions with crisis and crisis discourse. Starting from the fact that IPV has been ... “the private is political” and that states are, to a certain extent, responsible for human rights violations perpetrated by individuals in the private sphere.16 The exact scope of these due diligence and

Human Rights Legal Education in Times of Transition: Perspectives and Practices of Law Instructors in Myanmar

, the release and election of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, and efforts to promote the rule of law (Crouch 2017; Rosenbaum et  al. 2021) . Yet, the constitution guaranteed the military ... education in Myanmar faced multiple political and institutional challenges imposed by years of undemocratic governance including university closures in response to political protests, censorship, the negative

Emergence of National Nutrition Policy in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: an analysis of collaborations between governmental and external actors

provided the government with an effective political tool for coalescing the three coalitions into a unique coalition involving all major stakeholders in the nutrition field. All three forces that incite ... single coalition involved the control dimension. This control was essentially exercised through the political leadership that was conferred by the government to the Ministry of Health. The official

Normative View of Natural Resources—Global Redistribution or Human Rights–Based Approach?

philosophy of justice downplays the plurality of meanings resources have for collectives and argue that conflicts over natural resources can best be accounted for using human rights. Finally, the paper looks ... imagining a better use and distribution of resources is thus warranted. Paradoxically, normative political theory and philosophy of justice started paying attention to natural resources only recently. Having

The EU’s Hospitality and Welcome Culture: Conceiving the “No Human Being Is Illegal” Principle in the EU Fundamental Freedoms and Migration Governance

actors that engage in migration governance mechanism, and polarization of political initiatives (e.g., politics of allocation and dispersal, readmission negotiations, convergence/divergence of priorities ... remained as a motto for human rights activists and for some reason underestimated by scientific communities. Many scientists adopted the concept merely as an instrument for opposing political actors and

Vaccine inequity: a threat to Africa’s recovery from COVID-19

interests as well as the political and global economic welfare. Global solidarity and coordination would be required to fulfill this objective of equity, although there has been little evidence to confirm ... in political actors, beliefs about not needing the vaccine, and concerns about side effects. The vast majority of the unvaccinated or partially vaccinated against COVID-19 tend to reside in lower

Local Agents of International Justice? On the Role of Subnational Units in Refugee Protection

political theorists largely neglect and taking the USA as its primary case study, the article  proposes three theoretical models for understanding the responsibility subnational units have as well as the ... include refugee protection, as I point out here. The article builds on existing normative arguments about the role of subnational units. Normative political theorists already generally assume that all

The Chinese School, Global Production of Knowledge, and Contentious Politics in the Disciplinary IR

disciplinary IR, which questions the claim of the American ‘core’ as the creator, depositor, and distributor of universal knowledge, and seeks to unveil the geo-historical linkage between the political and the ... 2005 have sought to advance a philosophical critique of the worldview prevailing in Western philosophy and IR theory.38 It is his sustained attack on the ontology and epistemology of Western political

The Role of Affective Empathy in Eliminating Discrimination Against Women: a Conceptual Proposition

, neuroscientific and morality standpoints, to political, economic and cultural views (Guthridge et  al., 2020) . The conceptual diversity in definitions of empathy has resulted in the absence of a clearly defined ... urban slum ‘sensorium’ tours that allow tourists to feel empathy in a visceral micro-political way. In these tours, ‘bad’ areas and their residents were recognised by offensive sights, smells and sounds

Unpacking the Post-Soviet: Political Legacy of the Tartu Semiotic School

perspective and look for projections of its concepts into the vocabulary of foreign policy. Then we intend to discuss the Tartu school from a political perspective, thus claiming that its premium put on ... Relations (IR) theorizing. Yet it is this peripherality that might bring up new insights in analysis of foreign policies of individual countries and world politics in general, since many political categories

Unpacking the Post-Soviet: Political Legacy of the Tartu Semiotic School

perspective and look for projections of its concepts into the vocabulary of foreign policy. Then we intend to discuss the Tartu school from a political perspective, thus claiming that its premium put on ... Relations (IR) theorizing. Yet it is this peripherality that might bring up new insights in analysis of foreign policies of individual countries and world politics in general, since many political categories

Is Terrorism Becoming an Effective Strategy to Achieve Political Aims?

, such as political aim, timing, context and the target of the violent acts, as well as tools and tactics. Although terrorism might sometimes show aspects similar to other types of conflict, such as ... Political Science and International Relations, TOBB University of Terrorism is the method of changing policies of decision-makers and behaviors of the wider society by instigating fear through violent acts

Is Terrorism Becoming an Effective Strategy to Achieve Political Aims?

, such as political aim, timing, context and the target of the violent acts, as well as tools and tactics. Although terrorism might sometimes show aspects similar to other types of conflict, such as ... Political Science and International Relations, TOBB University of Terrorism is the method of changing policies of decision-makers and behaviors of the wider society by instigating fear through violent acts

Introduction: Approaches to Vulnerability in Times of Crisis

such derogations are strictly required by the situation (e.g., International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [ICCPR], art. 4; European Convention on Human Rights [ECHR], art. 15). The bar for such ... understanding of how government can and should operate,” a crisis narrative as a political discourse can function as a “technique of government.” As such, in creating a momentum for furthering policy objectives