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The multidimensional recognition of religion (2022)
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In this article, we present a case for the recognition of multiple religions, arguing that states have a non-absolute duty to recognise religions which it is likely they should discharge along different dimensions and to different degrees. More concr... Read More about The multidimensional recognition of religion.

The centre for the study of ethnicity and citizenship: Multiculturalism, racialisation, religion and national identity twenty years on (2022)
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In November 2019, a conference was held at the University of Bristol to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship. This special issue of Ethnicities brings together a set of articles by a number of the ke... Read More about The centre for the study of ethnicity and citizenship: Multiculturalism, racialisation, religion and national identity twenty years on.

Othering, alienation and establishment (2021)
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This article examines the relationship between religion and the state, focusing on cases of establishment in which one religion is formally recognized. Arguing that religious establishment is wrong if it causes some citizens to feel alienated, we rej... Read More about Othering, alienation and establishment.

Hate Speech and Self-Restraint (2019)
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© 2019, The Author(s). In this article, my aim is to consider under what circumstances, and for what reasons, individuals may freely choose not to speak hatefully about others. Even if not threatened with legal sanction, why might they decide not to... Read More about Hate Speech and Self-Restraint.

Revisiting Contextualism in Political Theory: Putting Principles into Context (2018)
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© 2017, Springer Nature B.V. In this article, we articulate and defend a contextual approach to political theory. According to what we shall call ‘iterative contextualism’, context has two important roles to play in determining what is required by ju... Read More about Revisiting Contextualism in Political Theory: Putting Principles into Context.

The expression of religious identities and the control of public space (2018)
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© The Author(s) 2018. To what extent may an historic nation impress its religious identity on the public space of its society? For example, does it have a right to ban the wearing of hijabs in schools, to insist on the display of crucifixes in school... Read More about The expression of religious identities and the control of public space.

On claims of culture and duties of recognition in democratic states (2015)
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© 2013 Taylor & Francis. One important way in which individuals and groups express their ideas and principles, and present their proposals and demands, is in the language of identity or difference. They argue that what they value and what they dese... Read More about On claims of culture and duties of recognition in democratic states.

Freedom of expression and hatred of religion (2012)
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The UK's Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 makes it an offence to deliberately stir up hatred against people on religious grounds. For its supporters, the Act offers necessary protection to a range of groups that are vulnerable to the harmful effe... Read More about Freedom of expression and hatred of religion.

Critical Exchange on Michael Saward's the representative claim (2012)
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Theory and Practice in the Politics of Recognition and Misrecognition (2012)
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On the circularity of democratic justice (2009)
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In this article, I argue that justice and democracy stand in a circular relationship: just outcomes emerge from democratic deliberations, but only if such deliberations meet the standards of justice. I develop my argument by engaging in a critical di... Read More about On the circularity of democratic justice.

Participatory parity and self-realization (2009)
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Parity of participation and the politics of status (2009)
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Over the past decade, Nancy Fraser has developed a sophisticated theory of social justice. At its heart lies the principle of parity of participation, according to which all adult members of society must be in a position to interact with one another... Read More about Parity of participation and the politics of status.

Multiculturalism without multiple cultures? (2008)
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Is redistribution a form of recognition? Comments on the Fraser-Honneth debate (2005)
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The politics of culture in Northern Ireland (2003)
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Parity of esteem and the politics of recognition (2002)
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This article begins from the premise that, in contemporary conditions of immense cultural, social and ethnic diversity, a just and stable political order must be one in which all citizens are able to enjoy due recognition. In order to determine what... Read More about Parity of esteem and the politics of recognition.

Towards a democracy of the emotions (2002)
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