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  • Political Community Workshop 2014

    Political Community: Authority in the Name of Community hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen Tuesday 24-Wednesday 25 June 2014 Academic coordinator: Trevor Stack (t.stack@abdn.ac.uk) Please join the online debate which followed the workshop. Speakers (see below for summaries) included Margaret Somers, Stephen Tierney, Ajay Gudavarthy, Gurpreet Mahajan, Dejan … Continue reading Political Community Workshop 2014

  • Questioning ‘community’

    In post-colonial period, binary between community and modern retains as modern only community of nation-state with its homogeneous time others stand outside it in heterogeneous time Although community in heterogeneous time is sometimes given positive value  peasant or local presented as ethical antidote to anonymity of larger spaces Gandhi: face-to-face relations are more organic than … Continue reading Questioning ‘community’

  • International political community

    Believes that Aristotle’s “self-sufficiency” remains with us in form of “self-determination” something special about communities which can give rise to supreme power there are always other communities that don’t have same claim to political representation i.e. right to self-determination if do have political community then illegitimate to govern from outside, subjecting to foreign rule > … Continue reading International political community

  • Political Community in Historical Perspectives

    Medieval and Early Modern WORKSHOP FRIDAY 27 MAY, 9:00-18:00 Craig Suite, Floor 7, Sir Duncan Rice Library Speakers: Speakers include Professor Crawford Gribbon, Dr Ian Campbell (both Queen’s University Belfast), Dr Clare Hawes (St Andrews) and Dr Christian Liddy (Durham) An all-day workshop highlighting the historical developments and implications of political community. This event is co-hosted by … Continue reading Political Community in Historical Perspectives

  • Radical Protest in Constitutional Democracy

    (FOLLOWED BY PHD SUMMER SCHOOL: WEDNESDAY 8 – THURSDAY 9 JUNE) Protest is a hallowed right within constitutional democracy, allowing for political expression outside the electoral process and established public sphere channels such as the media. But to what extent and in what ways can and/or should constitutional democracy accommodate more radical forms of protest, … Continue reading Radical Protest in Constitutional Democracy