Making rights claims : a practice of democratic citizenship

Making rights claims : a practice of democratic citizenship / Karen Zivi.

'Making Rights Claims' argues that understanding and assessing the relationship between rights and democracy requires a new approach to the study of rights. Zivi combines insights from speech act theory with recent developments in democratic and feminist thought to develop a theory of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zivi, Karen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Human rights.
Civil rights.
Civil rights
Human rights
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Table of Contents:
  • From rights to rights claiming
  • Rights as trumps and the quest for certainty
  • Rights claiming as a practice of persuasion
  • Claiming rights and performing citizenship
  • Making rights claims in the age of aids
  • Practicing democracy.

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