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Rightlessness in an age of rights / Ayten Gundogdu.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199370443 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Human rights -- Government policy
| Emigration and immigration -- Government policy | Emigration and immigration law | Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc | Illegal aliens | Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 -- Political and social viewsAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199370412DDC classification: 325 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Gundogdu offers a critical inquiry of human rights by rethinking Hannah Arendt's political theory in the light of the challenging questions posed by contemporary struggles of migrants. Arendt wrote about the plight of statelessness in the immediate aftermath of World War II, and there have been remarkable developments in the field of human rights since then. Despite all the changes, however, various categories of migrants, especially asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants, continue to find it very difficult to access human rights.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gundogdu offers a critical inquiry of human rights by rethinking Hannah Arendt's political theory in the light of the challenging questions posed by contemporary struggles of migrants. Arendt wrote about the plight of statelessness in the immediate aftermath of World War II, and there have been remarkable developments in the field of human rights since then. Despite all the changes, however, various categories of migrants, especially asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants, continue to find it very difficult to access human rights.
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