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Re(Public)An Reasons: A Republican Theory Of Legitimacy And Justification, Christopher Mccammon
Re(Public)An Reasons: A Republican Theory Of Legitimacy And Justification, Christopher Mccammon
Department of Philosophy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
There is a kind of power no one should have over anyone else, even if they don’t do anything with this power, or even if they only use this power for good. The republican tradition of political philosophy calls this kind of power domination. Here, I develop a theory of domination, and use this theory to advance our understanding of political legitimacy and justification.
My account of domination refines recent neo-republican attempts to identify dominating social power with the capacity to interfere arbitrarily with the choices of others. I argue that this capacity is not sufficient for domination. Instead, …
Power And Global Economic Institutions, Ayse Kaya
Power And Global Economic Institutions, Ayse Kaya
Political Science Faculty Works
What is the relationship between states' economic power and their formal political power in multilateral economic institutions? Why do we see variation in states' formal political power across economic institutions of the same era? In this book, Ayse Kaya examines these crucial under-explored questions, drawing on multiple theoretical traditions within international relations to advance a new approach of 'adjusted power'. She explains how the economic shifts of our time, marked by the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, China and other emerging economies, have affected and will impact key multilateral economic institutions. Through detailed contemporary and historical analyses of the International …