Description |
1 online resource (xii, 158 pages) |
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 |
Summary |
'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 performativity of rights claiming |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Human rights.
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Civil rights.
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Civil rights
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Human rights
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780199919437 |
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0199919437 |
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