Search for dissertations about: "liberal principle of legitimacy"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words liberal principle of legitimacy.

  2. 1. Reinterpreting Liberal Legitimacy

    Author : Emil Andersson; Folke Tersman; Patricia Mindus; Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; liberalism; political legitimacy; liberal principle of legitimacy; contractualism; justice; political liberalism; John Rawls; Practical Philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This thesis is an inquiry into the Liberal Principle of Legitimacy, formulated by John Rawls in his later writings. According to this principle, the exercise of political power is legitimate only if it is justifiable to all citizens. READ MORE

  4. 2. Remaking Iraq: Neoliberalism and a System of Violence after the US invasion​, 2003-2011

    Author : Thomas Sommer-Houdeville; Vanessa Barker; Jens Rydgren; Derek Gregory; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Iraq; US; Civil War; Neoliberalism; Neoliberal Rationality; Muhasasah; Sectarian Cleansing; Culturalisation of Politics; Depoliticisation; Space; Market State; Sectarianism; Identity Politics; Essentialisation; Ritualised Violence; State Building; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : After the invasion of Iraq and the destruction of Saddam regime in 2003, the US administration undertook the complete remaking of Iraq as a national-state. The initial steps of the US administration were the quasi eradication of the old Iraqi State. READ MORE

  5. 3. Reconceiving Public Reason : Neutrality, Civility, and the Self-Defeat Objection

    Author : Johan Elfström; Elena Namli; Lars Lindblom; Dan-Erik Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Rawls; Jeffrey Stout; Cécile Laborde; Steven Wall; public reason; social cooperation; neutrality; civility; political legitimacy; Etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : How should we live together? The question is at the heart of social ethics and it is an as urgent political question as ever. In this thesis, one particularly attractive reply to this central issue is analysed—John Rawls’s theory of public reason, and three different objections that have been put against it. READ MORE