The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) studies the life in the world of political concepts. The interdisciplinary centre examines how political principles function within and beyond the contemporary West. Concepts such as citizenship, civil society and the rule of law are used as often by policy makers as by scholars. Core to CISRUL’s mission is informing academic and public debate on how they are used and to what effect.
CISRUL brings together an extraordinary range of researchers, including PhD candidates, to study these and other political principles, including democracy, human rights and pluralism. We consider how they have been fostered historically, debated philosophically and in politics, fought over by social movements, codified in law, transmitted through education and the media, and lived out in everyday life.
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Workshop, Thursday 13TH – Friday 14TH June 2019PhD Summer School, Saturday 15TH – Sunday 16TH June Hosted by…
Summary of the 2019 CISRUL workshop and PhD summer school Conceptualizing “Political”
Political Concepts in the World – Politics of ‘democracy’ The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon…
The ‘democratic Phoenix’ – are young people changing the meaning of democracy?
Political Concepts in the World – The ‘democratic Phoenix’ – are young people changing the meaning of democracy?…