Centre for Citizenship, Society and Rule of Law conference and PhD summer school, Aberdeen, UK
28 June 2011 - 28 June 2011
United Kingdom
The Centre for Citizenship, Society and Rule of Law conference and PhD summer school will take place from 28 June to 1 July 2011 in Aberdeen, UK.
As an issue, equality has faded in recent years from the headlines. Just the same, there is interest in looking at what ideas of equality there are, and whether there are equalities in practice. Ideas and practices of equality have, no doubt, been around for a very long time, whether concerning hunter-gatherers or Judaeo-Christian traditions.
Citizenship, civil society and rule of law all include notions of equality, but it is far from clear what notions of equality, how they relate to each other, and what they do in practice. There are, to begin with, many notions of equality. For example, citizenship and rule of law share a notion of being equal as individuals in spite of other differences. One votes as a citizen rather than as a women, indigenous person or aristocrat, and one faces judgement as a legal subject equal to other legal subjects.
The event will focus on the ideas of equality associated with citizenship, civil society and rule of law. There will also be discussion on how the equality of citizens and equality before the law relate to each other, how they stand in relation to other kinds of equality and inequality and how equality plays out in civil society.For further information, please visit: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cisrul/events/129/(opens in new window)
As an issue, equality has faded in recent years from the headlines. Just the same, there is interest in looking at what ideas of equality there are, and whether there are equalities in practice. Ideas and practices of equality have, no doubt, been around for a very long time, whether concerning hunter-gatherers or Judaeo-Christian traditions.
Citizenship, civil society and rule of law all include notions of equality, but it is far from clear what notions of equality, how they relate to each other, and what they do in practice. There are, to begin with, many notions of equality. For example, citizenship and rule of law share a notion of being equal as individuals in spite of other differences. One votes as a citizen rather than as a women, indigenous person or aristocrat, and one faces judgement as a legal subject equal to other legal subjects.
The event will focus on the ideas of equality associated with citizenship, civil society and rule of law. There will also be discussion on how the equality of citizens and equality before the law relate to each other, how they stand in relation to other kinds of equality and inequality and how equality plays out in civil society.For further information, please visit: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cisrul/events/129/(opens in new window)