InterPhil: PUB: Global Justice
__ Call for Publications Theme: Global Justice Subtitle: The Current Situation and the New Challanges Publication: Athena: Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization Date: Vol. 2 (2022) Deadline: 30.4.2021 __ We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the next issue of the journal ‘Athena – Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization’, which will be dedicated to the topic of Global Justice. This topic refers to the different interpretations of the problem of justice in the international frame, that can be addressed through a plurality of approaches: from the concept of global justice – quite different from that of international justice – and conceived as a global (distributive) justice according to distinction among relationism, non-relationism, pluralist internationalism (M. Risse), to the relationship between international justice and law of peoples (J. Rawls), to the concept of “cognitive justice” of Sousa Santos, to that of justice according to TWAIL (Third World Approaches to International Law), to the interpretation of justice in the frame of a transcivilizational international law (Onuma Yasuaki), or according to the perspective of “capabilities” (A. Sen) etc. The scientific interest in Global Justice includes, but is not limited to, the following topics: - Theories of Global Justice - Democracy, Sovereignty and Global Institutions - Human Rights and Common Goods - Inequality and Poverty - Migrations, National Borders and Citizenship - Climate Change, Global Environment and Sustainability - Strategies for dealing with Global Crisis - Global Health and Pandemic Challenges - Multicultural and Gender issues - Development, Trade and Economic Growth - War, Peace and International Relations A particular attention is to be paid to the question of Climate Change that is currently at the centre of multiple, and multidisciplinary, studies and research projects. Predominantly interpreted as a technical-scientific problem, and thus as a question of efficient management, containment and control of “nature,” the question of Climate Change should also be seen as an opportunity to call into question the socio-economic, political and (geo)political causes of environmental problems, and namely of our predatory approach to nature, and to relaunch the discussion on Global Justice by addressing in particular its intergenerational and ecological declinations, as well as the ways in which this debate has translated into the adoption of new constitutional norms (e.g. in Ecuador, Bolivia and many other countries) or policies and in the search for “alternative sustainabilities.” All the topics can be addressed with a multidisciplinary approach and from different disciplinary perspectives: e.g. political science, philosophy of law, ethics, political philosophy, international law, political economy, human rights law and gender studies. Relevant Information and Dates Abstracts should not exceed 500 words in length and must be submitted by 30 April 2021 to: ath...@unibo.it (Please insert luigi.sammarti...@unibo.it and francesco.cavina...@unibo.it in cc). Abstracts will first be evaluated by the editorial board who will notify acceptance by 31 May 2021. The full paper must then be submitted by 30 September 2021 for double-blind review; the confirmation of final acceptance will be provided by 30 November 2021. The paper should not be longer than 15000 words and 9 characters. The complete submission guide can be found under the “Author Guidelines” on the journal's website: https://athena.unibo.it For inquiries please contact: ath...@unibo.it __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Global Justice for Children
__ Call for Publications Theme: Global Justice for Children Publication: Journal of Global Justice Date: Special Issue Deadline: 1.6.2018 __ Children are a group that has been neglected in most theories of global justice so far, which is especially striking since children are victims of severe injustices, face several disadvantages compared to adults and nearly all indicators to measure global injustice show that they are a particular deprived group. For example, children show higher rates of poverty in most developing countries as well as in developed countries. Many children are undernourished and malnourished; they are exploited through forced labor, sexual abuse and trafficking; and they are recruited as combatants in violent conflicts. There is therefore a strong need for improvements in the lives of children around the world. However, what global justice demands for children and how it can be achieved has not been fleshed out in detail. Certainly, there are important policy approaches available, like the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Sustainable Development Goals, and monitoring initiatives such as UNICEF’s Innocenti Report Cards. Longstanding philosophical literature on children’s rights has recently been complemented by first steps to modify existing theories of global justice, such as the Capability Approach, to fit for children. Much more reflection and research is needed nonetheless. Thus the aim of this Special Issue is to advance our understanding of the place of children in theories of global justice, both to indicate what global justice for children demands and to establish how justice can be achieved and sustained. Children are different from adults in several important ways and in regard to, for example, their physical, cognitive and emotional development as well as their social status. But such widely held assumptions about children as particularly vulnerable and worthy of protection are not fully accounted for. Furthermore, the particularity of childhood makes it necessary to think about child-sensitive and child-specific responses to the injustices they face and how they can be implemented on a global level. Most policy measures that fit for adults often do not fit well for children, and concerns of intergenerational justice may apply to their case, as they apply for generations to come. Adult-focused moral and political theories have to be extended, modified or substantially altered in order to apply to children. This holds also for the applied field of global justice, in which philosophical theories about childhood have not had an international focus so far. We look for contributions that will deepen and broaden understanding of the current situation of children globally, regarding both the injustices they face and how these injustices may be faced. Contributions could also further advance ongoing debates on the moral and justice-based entitlements of children and their rights (and also duties) on a global scale. We also welcome papers that analyze and scrutinize the responsibilities of actors and agents of global justice for children, and writing that helps to devise policies to improve children’s lives. We hope to attract contributions from different theoretical approaches and backgrounds, especially including those outside of the mainstream of theories of global justice. Of particular interest are contributions that look into the intersection of disadvantages and injustices in children's lives based on their gender and sex, race, ethnicity, indigeneity or health status. Contributions from scholars based in the Global South are particularly encouraged. Submission Details Manuscripts (of 6000-8000 words) should be compiled in the following order: Author name(s) and title on first page; title, abstract (200 words) and five keywords on second page; main text (set for blind review); acknowledgments; references; appendices (if appropriate). Style guidelines: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/layout/tf_quick1-4.pdf http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/quickref/tf_F.pdf Submission of Abstracts (500 words): 1 June 2018 Submission of Full Papers: 1 December 2018 Direct enquiries and submissions to: gottfried.schwei...@sbg.ac.at __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Global Justice
__ Call for Publications Theme: Global Justice Subtitle: Radical Perspectives Publication: Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric Date: Special Issue Deadline: 31.8.2015 __ The Global Justice debate is, for the most part, a liberal debate. For four decades, theorists have pondered over the exact scope of liberal distributive justice and the precise content of our duties. This special issue aims to take a step back and ask whether the liberal framework is the best one to address the question of injustice at the global level to begin with. In particular, it aims to analyse whether the liberal paradigm lacks the conceptual tools fully to understand, critique and remedy global injustices. Consider the global distribution of wealth. According to the most recent OXFAM report, 1% of the world’s population control half of global wealth, and by 2016, they are predicted to hold more wealth than the 99%. This is not simply a question of unequal distributions across individuals, but also one of class. Liberal theory seeks to redress this state of affairs through global redistribution. But is it enough to call for redistribution of wealth and resources, or must we interrogate the underlying power relations first? What are the preconditions for redistribution? Are capitalist economic relations that create and sustain this system sufficiently exposed or critiqued? Can global justice be achieved without challenging them first? Alternatively, consider how the “global elite” and the “global poor” are largely constituted by members of already advantaged and disadvantaged groups. For instance, the UNDP suggests that women own 1% of global wealth. Extreme poverty mainly exists in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia, i.e. people of colour, and former colonized peoples, are more likely to suffer from it. People with disabilities are also more likely to live in poverty. Gender, race, ability and sexuality also affect distributions amongst the world’s poorest countries, and amongst those experiencing poverty in OECD countries. Moreover, does status inequality matter because it affects distributions of resources or because it is form of global injustice in and of itself? This special issue asks whether the liberal framework, which arguably has not sufficiently and/or systematically addressed structural issues of class, power and recognition, actually lacks the conceptual resources to do so. It aims to understand whether more radical approaches can help us to cast light on what global injustice actually is and what we should do about it. What can feminist, post-colonial, Marxist, queer theory, disability studies, critical race theory, recognition theory, radical democratic and post-development approaches tell us about global justice, if anything? Do identity, history, gender, race and power matter to global justice? Can we incorporate these critical perspectives into the existing debates? Or must we reconfigure what constitutes global justice or injustice if we are to make sense of the real-world inequities that motivate critical theorists and social movements? Suggested topics include but are not limited to: - What is global (in)justice? - Liberalism vs. radical approaches to global justice theory - Class - Intersectionality - Power - Specific global justice issues or approaches related to feminism, post-colonialism, queer theory, disability theory, critical race theory, recognition theory, and radical democratic and post-development approaches. Deadline for submission: August 31 2015 Information on the manuscript presentation can be accessed here: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/global/index.php/gjn/pages/view/manuscript-presentation Information on the journal Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric, instead, can be found here: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/global/index.php/gjn/pages/view/about-the-journal Papers should be submitted through the journal’s electronic submission system. For queries, please contact Maeve McKeown (mcke...@em.uni-frankfurt.de) or Alasia Nuti (an...@cam.ac.uk) Editors: Maeve McKeown (Justitia Amplificata, University of Frankfurt) Alasia Nuti (Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge) Journal website: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org __ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __
InterPhil: PUB: Global Justice and the Theory and Practice of Development
__ Call for Publications Theme: Global Justice and the Theory and Practice of Development Publication: Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric Date: Special Issue (2014) Deadline: 31.8.2013 __ Global justice is a nearly all-encompassing concept, which not only permits, but makes it mandatory, to reflect upon its importance in the most diverse areas of global politics – trade, migration and tax regulation, for instance. Unsurprisingly, then, most theorists of global justice have analyzed the import of their conception for the practice of development aid/cooperation. Additionally, some also have argued that justice represents the most relevant normative concept for spelling out as to how to understand development. However, there are many lacunae in this field of research. The continuing criticisms that the existing theories of global distributive justice entail a parochial justification of the development practice and an insufficiently democratic understanding of development demand a revisiting of these theories. Moreover, very little scholarly attention has been devoted so far to the fact that the criteria that are employed to allocate official development assistance may lack a sound normative justification. In addition, new research in development economics on the question as to how to best explain global economic inequality promises to shed new light on moral questions regarding the proper kind of ascription of moral responsibilities for reducing this inequality. And finally, on a more practical level, few theorists of global justice made explicit contributions to the ongoing deliberations about the post-2015 development agenda. The planned special issue of the journal Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric aims to contribute to filling the existing research gaps concerning the various linkages between global justice and the theory and practice of development. We invite particularly submissions that deal with questions such as the following: - How, if at all, can a theory of global justice lay a non-parochial moral justificatory basis for certain forms of bi- and multilateral governmental and non-governmental development aid/cooperation? - Which forms of development aid/cooperation exacerbate global injustices? - What, if any, is the relevance of a conception of global justice for the justification of the criteria that should be employed for the allocation of official development assistance? - Does recent research in development economics shed new light on central issues of global distributive justice, especially with regard to the question as to whether the global institutional order is harming the global poor? - What are the dis-/advantages of conceiving a conception of development on the basis of a specific theory of global justice? - From the point of view of global justice – which items should be included on the post-2015 development agenda? Deadline for submission: August 31st, 2013 Edited by Julian Culp For information on the manuscript presentation, please visit: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/journal/manuscript-presentation For information on the journal Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric, please visit: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/journal Contact: Julian Culp, Postdoctoral Fellow Leibniz Research Group Transnational Justice Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt am Main Grueneburgplatz 1 D-60323 Frankfurt am Main Germany Tel. +49 (0)69 798 315 58 Fax +49 (0)69 798 315 42 Email: c...@em.uni-frankfurt.de Web: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/journal __ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __
InterPhil: PUB: Global Justice and Migration
__ Call for Publications Theme: Global Justice and Migration Publication: Global Justice: Theory, Practice and Rhetoric List-Post: interphil@polylog.org Date: March 2012 Deadline: 1.10.2011 __ We are seeking contributions to a special issue of "Global Justice: Theory, Practice and Rhetoric", an open access peer-reviewed journal (http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/journal) published by the Global Justice Network (http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/). The special issue will focus on the contribution, or not, that migration makes to redistribution of wealth across borders, and it invites contributions from scholars and practitioners across all fields (e.g., political science, philosophy, sociology, economics, anthropology, etc.), whose research focuses broadly on this relationship. The remit of the journal is explicitly inter-disciplinary. We are seeking contributions on any aspect of this relationship, and include (but are not restricted to) the following: - Does temporary migration enable or hinder development? Do the benefits of temporary migration, the form of remittances and skills development, outweigh the harms caused by the emptying out-migration of young people from developing communities? - Should developing nations prevent the exit of health care professionals who would prefer to migrate to wealthy nations? Should developed nations refuse to admit high-skilled migrants, when they know that doing so may harm the nation from which that migrant hails? - Are developed nations right to deny citizenship to temporary workers, to ensure they return home? - What are the development implications of low-skilled labour migration to illiberal or undemocratic nations? Are these migrants more vulnerable in illiberal and undemocratic nations, in comparison to those who labour temporarily in liberal, democratic, nations? - Does the admission of more migrants into wealthy nations have a genuine impact on global wealth inequalities? If so, or if not, how should we weigh these facts in our theories of global justice? - How should we weigh the rights of individual migrants to pursue improved economic opportunities against the impact that this migration has on communities as a whole? - Should migration be defended or rejected on the basis of its contribution to global justice? Can migration be legitimately restricted if doing so will promote global equality? This issue of "Global Justice: Theory, Practice and Rhetoric" will be guest-edited by Ayelet Banai (ba...@soz.uni-frankfurt.de); Patti Tamara Lenard (plen...@uottawa.ca); and Tiziana Torresi (tiziana.torr...@gmail.com). Interested contributors should be in touch to submit contributions or to inquire about our interest in specific topics. Contributions should be between 4000-5000 words and will be accepted for consideration and review until October 1, 2011. Publication is anticipated in March 2012. Journal website: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/journal __ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __
