Making rights claims : a practice of democratic citizenship / [electronic resource]
by Zivi, Karen.
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199919437 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Human rights | Civil rightsOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Also issued in print format.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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'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.
Also issued in print format.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).
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