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Christine Hobden
Bio: Christine Hobden is an academic researcher from University of Fort Hare. The author has contributed to research in topics: Citizenship & State (computer science). The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 7 publications receiving 34 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss their recently published book, Territorial Sovereignty, and how that led them to be interested in this particular project that they dealt with in the book.
Abstract: 18 November 2019CH: Thank you for agreeing to do this. The prompt for the interview was to talk about your recently published book, Territorial Sovereignty, but I thought before we got into that you could say something about your earlier work and how that led you to be interested in this particular project that you deal with in the book.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that the moral wrong of the brain drain is inherently collective and argue that we can best understand our consequent duties through a collective lens, and explore explicitly the duties of citizens of source states.
Abstract: This paper proposes two shifts in our approach to the brain drain crisis. First, it argues for a collective view. Since the moral wrong of the brain drain is inherently collective, we can best understand our consequent duties through a collective lens. Second, the paper argues that we ought to explore explicitly the duties of citizens of source states. These citizens systematically bear the burdens of labour migration, giving us good reason to search for normative guidelines for how best to understand and distribute these burdens. Drawing on these two shifts, the paper argues that the obligations of citizens of source states are best understood as individual shares of a collective duty to uphold the functioning of their state. The content of this duty is deeply shaped by background injustice and so ought to be understood as a duty to “take up the slack”. As such, individuals’ shares are differentiated to respect the diversity of individual circumstance and, where formal policy is required, it ought to be ...
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TL;DR: On the global stage, states are agents that wage wars, negotiate trade agreements, and sign treaties as discussed by the authors. Much of this action is neutral or mutually beneficial, yet many state actions perpetuate global...
Abstract: On the global stage, states are agents that wage wars, negotiate trade agreements, and sign treaties. Much of this action is neutral or mutually beneficial, yet many state actions perpetuate global...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the tendency toward inequality in political engagement undercuts relational equality between citizens and muddies the channels of political accountability and responsibility, and reveal a strength in views which hold the state to be citizens' collective project and provide argumentative resources to motivate democracies to give due attention to ensuring that democratic participatory channels remain fit for purpose.
Abstract: Citizens increasingly engage with political issues in new ways
by addressing politicians via social media, campaigning at international
forums, or boycotting corporate entities. These forms of engagement
move beyond more regulated electoral politics and are rightly celebrated
for the ways they increase representation and provide new channels of
accountability. Yet, despite these virtues, political engagement beyond
voting inevitably tends to entrench and amplify inequality in citizen
influence on political decision-making. The tendency toward inequality
undermines relational equality between citizens and muddies the channels
of political accountability and responsibility. This article unpacks
the ostensible tension and argues that it reveals to us another strength in
views which hold the state to be citizens’ collective project and provides
argumentative resources to motivate democracies to give due attention
to ensuring that democratic participatory channels remain fit for purpose
in an ever-changing society.
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Journal Article•
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds, including all the permanent members of Security Council.
Abstract: Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Council. A General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for the purpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members of the Security Council. The present Charter shall be ratified by the signatory states in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.Keywords: Charter; General Assembly; Security Council; United Nations
308 citations
Book•
13 Apr 2012
TL;DR: The Moral Problem of Assurance BASIC FAIRNESS 5. Structural equity 6. The Benchmark of Equality 7. Principles of Equity FAIRness ISSUES 8. Financial Crises 9. Intellectual Property 10. Degradation, Exploitation, and Other Moral Concerns as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Table of Contents Preface 1. Main Ideas SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS 2. Economic Skepticism 3. Hobbesian Skepticism 4. The Moral Problem of Assurance BASIC FAIRNESS 5. Structural Equity 6. The Benchmark of Equality 7. Principles of Equity FAIRNESS ISSUES 8. Financial Crises 9. The Level Playing Field: Intellectual Property 10. Degradation, Exploitation, and Other Moral Concerns
99 citations
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DOI•
01 Jan 2020
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