Retheorising Statelessness : : A Background Theory of Membership in World Politics / / Kelly Staples.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Staples, Kelly,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights : SGJHR
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

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 the protections of 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

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 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 in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo -- 7 Contemporary Statelessness: The Rohingya -- 8 Retheorising Statelessness -- Bibliography -- Index