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Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law

Network of the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law

Network of the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen. Please join us!

PhD studentships available!!

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The Centre will offer two 3-year studentships for PhD study starting 2012-13. We welcome applicants from anthropology, cultural and literary studies, history, legal theory and socio-legal studies, philosophy, politics, religious studies, sociology and theology.

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Objectives
Citizenship, civil society and rule of law have been linked historically as pillars of the “constitutional state” and, more recently, as bases for “good governance” and as remedies for ills as diverse as social and economic inequality, terrorism, fundamentalism, anti-social behaviour and the crisis of representation. But citizenship, civil society and rule of law mean different things to different people and the relation between them is also far from obvious. Neither is it clear what if anything they offer – separately or together – to the contemporary world. CISRUL brings together scholars from across the social sciences and humanities and with expertise in most areas of the world to do the following:

•consider the meanings of citizenship, civil society and rule of law in particular contexts
•re-examine the links between citizenship, civil society and rule of law in those contexts
•identify the limits of citizenship, civil society and rule of law, especially in contexts of marginality and violence.

Events

February 6

Monday

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

February 6, 2012 at 6pm to February 7, 2012 at 7pm – The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK

Some readings on citizenship, civil society and rule of law

READINGS FOR PHD SUMMER SCHOOL 'WHAT EQUALITY?'

Gloss on summer school readings.doc

Required readings

Elizabeth Anderson Egalitarianism.pdf

Bryan Turner Erosion of Citizenship.pdf

O'Donnell (Un)Rule of Law.pdf

Partha Chatterjee Populations and Political Society.pdf

Link to collaborative bibliography

Please join the Collaborative bibliography on Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law on CiteULike and add references to your own and others' work on the relation between citizenship, civil society and rule of law (as well as with democracy, human rights and other ideals).

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Trevor Stack CISRUL seminar "In the Eyes of the Law, in the Eyes of Society: Being a CItizen in Mexico" 1 Reply

Started by Trevor Stack. Last reply by Ikechukwu Ejekwumadu Jun 13, 2011.

Matyas Bodig CISRUL seminar paper "Citizenship, Civil Society, Rule of Law: Changing World, Shifting Theoretical Agenda"

Started by Trevor Stack Mar 23, 2011.

A sketch of contemporary American political theology

Started by James King Mar 3, 2011.

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Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship at The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK

February 6, 2012 at 6pm to February 7, 2012 at 7pm

The Conference will explore new approaches and methods to conceptualising and politicising citizenship through discussing struggles, contestations and challenges to citizenship around the world.Keynote lectures byJudith Butler (University of California) 'Self-Determination, Palestinian Statehood, and the Anarchist Impasse'Paul Gilroy (LSE) ‘Subjects in the Kettle: Notes on Citizenship, Dissent, and Securitocracy’Engin Isin (The Open University) Inaugural Lecture 'Citizens Without…See More

Event posted by Lisa Pilgram Dec 6, 2011

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Status posted by Ikechukwu Ejekwumadu Jun 15, 2011

Ikechukwu Ejekwumadu replied to Trevor Stack's discussion 'Trevor Stack CISRUL seminar "In the Eyes of the Law, in the Eyes of Society: Being a CItizen in Mexico"'

Wonderful article Trevor! I just finished reading it. It is interesting to see how the concept of citizenship goes beyond our very common perspectives of individual rights embedded in law. Your paper brought to the fore salient aspects of…

Jun 13, 2011