Part 1: The Discourses of Rights 1. Reputation Rights. Historical Ups and Downs. Four Critiques Preserving the Varieties Right Rules. A Typology Human Approach. Conclusion 2. Theories Will or Interests? Who Can Have Rights? What do They Have? Ought to 3. Political Ideologies Their Rawls Social Contract. Libertarian Responses Republican Compromises. Communitarians, Left Right. Feminism 2: Institutions 4. Legal Remedies. Formal Rule Law. Substantive Bills Conclusion. International Courts....

AbstractThis article engages with debates about the UK Disabled People's Movement's 'Big Idea' – social model of disability positioning this as an 'oppositional device'. This concept is adapted from work art theorist and activist Brian Holmes, elaborated using insights Foucault others. The model's primary operation introducing contingency into present, facilitating disabled people's resistance-practices. We recognise, however, that device can operate in a disciplinary manner when adopted by...

The criticism that voluntary codes of conduct are ineffective can be met by giving greater centrality to human rights in such codes. Provided the obligations multinational corporations interpreted as moral specifically tailored situation corporations, this could serve bring powerful force bear on MNCs and provide a legitimating basis for NGO monitoring persuasion. Approached way taken include support political well economic rights. This will go some towards filling regulatory gap created...

In this article, we explore and develop the utility for social movement studies of Michel Foucault's conceptualization heterotopia. Informed by theorizing, propose a heuristic typology heterotopias. Five heterotopia 'types' are considered: 'contained', 'mobile', 'cloud', 'encounter' 'rhizomic'. Each has particular attributes, but all challenge normal, routine politics. They do so being, from perspective state capital, either in 'wrong' place, moving way, or involving connections, affinities...

Drylands, seen from the outside world, fall in imaginary of remote, deserted, unproductive; a powerful rooted romantic narratives, as well political and economic interests. In this article, we review different waves rural politics development East African drylands, with particular focus on Kenya's arid semi-arid lands, context climate change. We question re-awakening international national attention paid to drylands under all-embracing framework 'resilience building'. Unfortunately, tensions...

Mental illness discrimination political and legal societal conclusions.