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“Like travellers navigating an unknown terrain”: Seyla Benhabib on rights and the borders of belonging (2006)

Todd, Sharon

“Like travellers navigating an unknown terrain”: Seyla Benhabib on rights and the borders of belonging (2006)

Todd, Sharon

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Across many disciplines, including education, a certain love–hate relation has developed with globalization, swinging between hopeful exuberance and tragic lamentation, with many perspectives precariously balanced between the two. The particular contours of this relation have, of course, taken shape quite differently according to the specific issues arising out of the various disciplines, and have covered myriad issues such as the deleterious effects of global capital, the threats facing the natural environment, the opportunities afforded by information technology, the breaking up of the nation-state, and the hybridization of culture and identity, to name but a few. Not merely an academic matter, however, this focus on globalization has flourished in the context of current social movements and political policies that attempt to grapple with the broad range of conditions that mark civil life within and across borders.

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9161/

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Being a ‘citizen’ in the smart city: Up and down the scaffold of smart citizen participation: The Programmable City Working Paper 30 (2017)

Cardullo, Paolo; Kitchin, Rob

Being a ‘citizen’ in the smart city: Up and down the scaffold of smart citizen participation: The Programmable City Working Paper 30 (2017)

Cardullo, Paolo; Kitchin, Rob

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This paper critically appraises citizens’ participation in the smart city. Reacting to critiques that the smart city is overly technocratic and instrumental, companies and cities have reframed their initiatives as ‘citizen-centric’. However, what ‘citizen-centric’ means in practice is rarely articulated. We draw on and extend Sherry Arnstein’s seminal work on participation in planning and renewal programmes to create the ‘Scaffold of Smart Citizen Participation’ – a conceptual tool to unpack the diverse ways in which the smart city frames citizens. We then use this scaffold to measure smart citizen inclusion, participation, and empowerment in smart city initiatives in Dublin, Ireland. Our analysis illustrates how most ‘citizen-centric’ smart city initiatives are rooted in stewardship, civic paternalism, and a neoliberal conception of citizenship that prioritizes consumption choice and individual autonomy within a framework of state and corporate defined constraints that prioritize m...

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9228/

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Racialization, Recognition, and Rights: Lumping and Splitting Multiracial Asian Americans in the 2000 Census (2000)

Chiyoko King, Rebecca

Racialization, Recognition, and Rights: Lumping and Splitting Multiracial Asian Americans in the 2000 Census (2000)

Chiyoko King, Rebecca

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THE 2000 CENSUS WILL MARK a dramatic change in the way that “race” is officially enumerated in the United States to allow people to check more than one race. This is a significant change for the way people do and understand the concept of race, and will have potentially far-reaching effects for multiracial Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Asian Pacific Islander communities. The Census, as a representation of the state, is an ideal place to see how race is changing both practically and conceptually as people lobby the Census Bureau to change racial categories to accurately reflect their multiracial understanding.1 In this article, I examine the impact of changing the Census to allow people to check more than one race box on Asian Pacific Americans (APAs). Race is now widely recognized as being a contested and changing, socially constructed category.3 As historical proof of this, APAs have long been unable to fit the racial labels used by the U.S. government to classify them. F...

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11986/

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Reforming the family code in Tunisia and Morocco - the struggle between religion, globalisation and democracy (2010)

Dalmasso, Emanuela; Cavatorta, Francesco

Reforming the family code in Tunisia and Morocco - the struggle between religion, globalisation and democracy (2010)

Dalmasso, Emanuela; Cavatorta, Francesco

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There is no doubt that one of the most contentious terrains of contestation in the supposed clash of values between Islamism and western values is the role of women in society. Thus, the issue of women's rights has become the litmus test for Arab societies with respect to the current zeitgeist of human rights in the age of democracy and liberalism. There is today a stereotypical view of debates surrounding women's rights in the Arab world where two distinct camps are in conflict with each other. On the one hand there are 'globalised' liberal and secular actors that strive for women's rights and therefore democracy, while on the other are obscurantist movements that are anchored in religious tradition, resist globalisation and are therefore autocratic by assumption. This article challenges this view and through an empirical study of the changes to the Code of Personal Status in Tunisia and Morocco it demonstrates that the issue of women's rights is far m...

http://doras.dcu.ie/15733/

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Rights and Principles in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (2019)

Lock, Tobias

Rights and Principles in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (2019)

Lock, Tobias

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This article analyses the distinction between rights and principles in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. On the basis of an analytical definition of Charter rights, it shows that Charter principles differ from Charter rights in nature: they are non-relational and not intersubjective; they contain mere duties without corresponding claim-rights. This has consequences for their justiciability, which the Charter itself limits. The article dismisses any suggestion that the characterization of a Charter provision as belonging to the realm of economic, social and cultural rights determines its nature as a principle. Instead, a more nuanced approach is advocated. It further argues that Charter principles are binding regardless of their implementation and that the latter only matters for their justiciability.

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/13653/

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The Role of the European Union in Protecting the Rights of Asylum Seekers with Disabilities (2017)

Ferri, Delia

The Role of the European Union in Protecting the Rights of Asylum Seekers with Disabilities (2017)

Ferri, Delia

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The author discusses how and to what extent EU directives ensure the protec¬tion of migrants with disabilities and meet the standard of protection of the UN Convention on the rights of People with Disabilities

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8893/

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The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (2018)

Pierce, Mary; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (2018)

Pierce, Mary; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

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This research is very timely given Ireland’s recent ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the imminent full commencement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act, 2015 together with proposed legislation dealing with Deprivation of Liberty.1 Although the sample in the study is small, it offers valuable insights into the referral of, and pathways into nursing homes for younger people with disabilities. Whilst law and policy are centred on the enabling of people with disabilities to live the lives of their choosing in the community, the report notes that the supports to enable them to do so ‘are underdeveloped, unplanned and often not sufficient to meet their needs’. Instead of taking a human rights based, social model approach, which would look to the person’s will and preference, there is an overemphasis on the medical model in the assessment form. There is little focus on a person’s abilities, capabilities or on options for care in the c...

http://doras.dcu.ie/22696/

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The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (Plain English Summary) (2018)

Pierce, Maria; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (Plain English Summary) (2018)

Pierce, Maria; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

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This research is very timely given Ireland’s recent ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the imminent full commencement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act, 2015 together with proposed legislation dealing with Deprivation of Liberty. Although the sample in the study is small, it offers valuable insights into the referral of, and pathways into nursing homes for younger people with disabilities. Whilst law and policy are centred on the enabling of people with disabilities to live the lives of their choosing in the community, the report notes that the supports to enable them to do so ‘are underdeveloped, unplanned and often not sufficient to meet their needs‘. Instead of taking a human rights based, social model approach, which would look to the person’s will and preference, there is an overemphasis on the medical model in the assessment form. There is little focus on a person’s abilities, capabilities or on options for care in the co...

http://doras.dcu.ie/22695/

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Women’s Reproduction and Rights (2015)

Fitzsimons, Camilla; Connolly, Brid

Women’s Reproduction and Rights (2015)

Fitzsimons, Camilla; Connolly, Brid

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This resource is designed as a support for those interested in runn ing a community education programme that enables women can come together to discuss their reproductive rights. In this pack, you will find all you need to organise and deliver this programme including details on the educational approach to be used, recommended reading for facilitators and participants , and session plans . These include exercises and information about a range of pro - choice sup port organisations working to advance women’s reproductive rights in Ireland. The handbook provides flexible resources , references and activities and it is up to the facilitators to decide what is appropriate to their groups. For some groups, it is essen tial to hold back on handouts, difficult langua ge and /or alienating processes. However, it is equally essential not to remain at that basic starting point. T he golden rule is to begin where the groups are at, with the intention of creating the oppor...

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9425/