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Most states are multination states, and most peoples are stateless peoples. Just as collectives can behave as sovereign states only if they are recognized by the international community, liberal multination states must recognize stateless peoples in order to determine their political status within that state. There is, however, no agreement on the kind of principles that should be considered, especially under classical liberalism, which gives individuals preeminence over groups. Liberal theories that attempt to accommodate collective rights are often based on a comprehensive version of liberalism that subscribes to moral individualism. Within such a framework, they develop a watered-down concept of collective rights. In A Liberal Theory of Collective Rights Michel Seymour explores the theoretical resources of John Rawls’s political liberalism and shows that this particular approach can accommodate genuine collective rights. By Rawls’s account, Seymour explains, peoples are moral agents and sources of valid moral claims and are therefore entitled to collective rights. These kinds of rights translate, in the constitution of the multination state, to a true political recognition for stateless peoples. Ultimately, A Liberal Theory of Collective Rights answers three important questions: Who is the subject of collective rights? What is the object of collective rights? And can they be institutionalized in real politics?

Group rights. --- Collective rights --- Human rights --- Rawls, John, --- Roljŭ, J., --- Rōruzu, Jon, --- Political and social views.

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In a departure from the mainstream methodology of a positivist-oriented jurisprudence, Collective Rights provides the first legal-theoretical treatment of this area. It advances a normative-moral standpoint of 'value collectivism' which goes against the traditional political philosophy of liberalism and the dominant ideas of liberal multiculturalism. Moreover, it places a theoretical account of collective rights within the larger debate between proponents of different rights theories. By exploring why 'collective rights' should be differentiated from similar legal concepts, the relationship between collective and individual rights and why groups should be recognised as the third distinctive type of right-holders, it presents the topic as connected to the larger philosophical debate about international law of human rights, most notably to the problem of universality of rights.

Human rights. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- Group rights. --- Collective rights --- Law --- General and Others

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Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different concepts of rights. Sandeep Agrawal and the volume's contributors expose the paradoxes that planners and municipal governments face when attempting not only to combat discriminatory practices, but also advance a human rights agenda. The authors examine the legal, conceptual, and philosophical aspects of rights, including its various forms-human, Indigenous, housing, property rights, and various other forms of rights. Using empirical evidence and examples, they translate the philosophical and legal aspects of rights into more practical terms and applications. Regionally, the book draws on municipalities from across Canada while also making broad international comparisons. Scholars, policy makers, and activists with an interest in urban studies, planning, and law will find much of value throughout this volume. Contributors: Sandeep Agrawal, Rachelle Alterman, Sasha Best, Alexandra Flynn, Eran S. Kaplinsky, Ola P. Malik, Jennifer A. Orange, Michelle L. Oren, Renée Vaugeois. Afterword by Benjamin Davy

municipal government --- community --- civil society --- collective rights --- Henri Lefebvre --- John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights --- First Nations --- minority --- marginalized --- homeless --- lawyer --- urban planner --- city council --- law --- development --- policy

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From a grandmother’s inter-generational care to the strategic and slow consensus work of elected tribal leaders, Indigenous community builders perform the daily work of culture and communalism. Indigenous Communalism conveys age-old lessons about culture, communalism, and the universal tension between the individual and the collective. It is also a critical ethnography challenging the moral and cultural assumptions of a hyper-individualist, twenty-first century global society. Told in vibrant detail, the narrative of the book conveys the importance of communalism as a value system present in all human groups and one at the center of Indigenous survival. Carolyn Smith-Morris draws on her work among the Akimel O'odham and the Wiradjuri to show how communal work and culture help these communities form distinctive Indigenous bonds. The results are not only a rich study of Indigenous relational lifeways, but a serious inquiry to the continuing acculturative atmosphere that Indigenous communities struggle to resist. Recognizing both positive and negative sides to the issue, she asks whether there is a global Indigenous communalism. And if so, what lessons does it teach about healthy communities, the universal human need for belonging, and the potential for the collective to do good?

Pima Indians --- Belonging (Social psychology) --- Communities. --- Social life and customs. --- Indigenous communalism, communalism, indigenous communities, belonging, healthy communities, Native communities, post-colonial communalism, contemporary global society, the Akimel O'odham, the Wiradjuri, culture, indigenous community builders, the collective, the individual, morality, hyper-individualist, twenty-first century, anthropology, Naïve American studies, indigenous studies, human rights, international studies, philosophy, individual rights, collective rights, communal, community, Native American, Native Indian, individualism, Indigenous rights.

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The description for this book, Colonial Identity in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800, will be forthcoming.

Americas --- Europe --- Ireland --- Irish Free State --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- New World --- Western Hemisphere --- History --- -Congresses. --- Colonies --- Civilization --- America --- Congresses. --- Kolonialismus --- Nationalbewusstsein --- Kolonisation --- Kolonie --- Aufsatzsammlung --- Identität --- Amerika --- Adams, John. --- Angola. --- Barbados. --- Bradford William. --- Byrd, William. --- Calvinism. --- Canadiens. --- Carolinas. --- Charles V (Spain). --- Connecticut. --- Cuahautemoc. --- Gaelic Irish. --- Georgia. --- Grenada. --- Herbert, William. --- Honduras. --- Iberian localism. --- Inquisition. --- Ireland. --- Jamaica. --- Leeward Islands. --- Lower Canada. --- Madeira. --- Maryland. --- North Carolina. --- Pennsylvania. --- Portugal. --- Quakers. --- Quetzalcoatl. --- Reformation. --- Sabugosa, count of. --- addiction. --- adultery. --- austerity. --- bairrismo. --- cochineal. --- collective rights. --- cruelty. --- disease. --- encomienda. --- expansionism, defensive. --- fee simple. --- fishing. --- imperial defense. --- indigo. --- knighthoods. --- liberty. --- mineral resources. --- nationalism. --- natural law. --- ocean crossing. --- ostentation. --- pardos. --- silver. --- Selbst --- Nichtidentität --- Identitätsphilosophie --- Identitätstheorie --- Beiträge --- Einzelbeiträge --- Sammelwerk --- Kolonialgebiet --- Schutzgebiet --- Kolonialreich --- Protektorat --- Entkolonialisierung --- Kolonisator --- Kolonialmacht --- Europa --- Erschließung --- Landerschließung --- Siedlung --- Landnahme --- Nationale Identität --- Nationales Bewusstsein --- Nationalgefühl --- Historische Identität --- Bewusstsein --- Nationalismus --- Nationenbildung --- Patriotismus --- Kolonialbestrebungen --- Kolonialpolitik --- Kolonialisierung --- Imperialismus --- Antikolonialismus --- Geografie --- Raumordnung --- Neue Welt --- Westliche Hemisphäre