Citizenship and Human Rights : From Exclusive and Universal to Global Rights / Christian H. Kälin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kälin, Christian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Hart Publishing, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Can universal human rights and different national citizenship regimes ever be compatible? This book argues that they can't, setting out a legal-philosophical critique of the tension between both. It explores whether the emergence of postnational models of citizenship that aim at decoupling human rights and citizenship succeed in overcoming tensions between the universal (multiculturalism; universal human rights; postnational values) and the particular (citizenship; borders; national values and diverse local narratives). As a result of this exploration, the author argues that it is illegitimate to speak of universal human rights, universal human dignity, or universal social justice. It is only by recognising this reality that much needed transformation of human rights and citizenship can be undertaken in meaningful way. This provocative and compelling work will appeal to both human rights and citizenship lawyers.

Contents:

Philosophical roots of the concept of humanity

Foundations of dignity and human rights

Ideas of universal human rights versus citizenship

Ideas of world citizenship: Attempting to overcome the conflict between the exclusive and the universal

A new framework of global human rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kälin, Christian Citizenship and Human Rights

ISBN:

9781509950270

1509950273

9781509950256

1509950257

1-5099-5025-7

1-5099-5026-5

OCLC:

1418899349