Andrew Shorten
Biographic Data
| ID | 4371967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Shorten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Shorten |
| SIGNATURE | SHORTEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2418-3417 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Equality Amongst Speakers of English
This article explores how egalitarians should characterise the complex and multifaceted inequalities associated with the ongoing global spread of English(es). We argue that global linguistic inequality today cannot be reduced to a single dimension, such as inequality of power or status. Instead, by drawing on distributive and relational approaches to egalitarian political theory, we disaggregate global linguistic inequality into nine dimensions: …
Justifying self-determination
This paper describes and defends a novel principle for allocating self-determination powers: the persistent alienation principle. This holds that there are pro tanto grounds for extending greater powers of self-determination to persistently alienated internal minorities who seek such powers, if doing so will alleviate their alienation without alienating or threatening the basic interests of others. For this principle, alienation should be underst…
Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment
Religious establishment today often takes a multifaith form, whereby multiple religions are supported in different ways and to different degrees. In order to contribute to the development of a normative framework for assessing practices and regimes of multifaith establishment, this article recommends the concept of “social alienation.” Initially, social alienation is defended as a negative normative criterion to determine when specific establishm…
Immigration, language and disadvantage
Many democratic states provide supports for immigrants who are not fluent speakers of the majority or official language(s). For example, they provide interpreters in courts and hospitals, print administrative forms in multiple languages and employ bilingual staff to provide public services. This paper considers the justification of these policies from the perspective of normative political theory, makes some recommendations about what they ought …
Some objections to the desire-based objection
Four conceptions of linguistic disadvantage
Policymakers need a conception of linguistic disadvantage to supply guidance about the relative priority of inequalities with a linguistic dimension and to inform decisions about whether such inequalities require correction or compensation. A satisfactory conception of linguistic disadvantage will make it possible to compare the situations of speakers of different languages and to assess the normative significance of a range of linguistic inequal…
Accommodating religious institutions
What forms of accommodation ought to be extended to religious institutions? Should churches, firms, charities and schools with a religious ethos be permitted to discriminate in ways that would otherwise be illegal? Should they be allowed to opt-out of particular laws so as to enable them to preserve their distinctive characters? This article addresses these questions by defending three claims. First, legal exemptions for religious institutions ca…
Contemporary Political Theory
1. Introduction 2. Political Community 3. Pluralism 4. Representation 5. Democracy 6. Power 7. Freedom 8. Equality 9. Justice 10. Rights 11. Conclusion
Are There Rights to Institutional Exemptions?
Contemporary Political Theory
Constitutional Secession Rights, Exit Threats and Multinational Democracy
Are constitutional secession rights compatible with democracy in a multinational political association? Multinational political associations are political formations that allow for multiple and parallel projects of national identity promotion, and are more likely than other political formations to experience secessionist pressure. One argument against incorporating secession rights in a constitution is that rights-holders might deploy exit threat…
Cultural Diversity and Civic Education
According to the ‘fragmentation objection’ to multiculturalism, practices of cultural recognition undermine political stability, and this counts as a reason to be sceptical about the public recognition of minority cultures, as well as about multiculturalism construed more broadly as a public policy. Civic education programmes, designed to promote autonomy, toleration and patriotism, have been justified as a corrective to the fragmentary tendencie…
Cultural Exemptions, Equality and Basic Interests
Justifications for cultural exemptions (CE) have been a controversial feature of recent discussions of multiculturalism. Some hold that CEs are justifiable (if at all) only on grounds of prudence (for instance, in order to secure political stability). According to the prudence-only view, CEs are justified inequalities. Meanwhile, some multiculturalists claim that at least some CEs are required to respect the equality of citizens from minority cul…
Borders and Belonging
Toleration and Cultural Controversies
Contemporary Political Theory
Four conceptions of linguistic disadvantage
Policymakers need a conception of linguistic disadvantage to supply guidance about the relative priority of inequalities with a linguistic dimension and to inform decisions about whether such inequalities require correction or compensation. A satisfactory conception of linguistic disadvantage will make it possible to compare the situations of speakers of different languages and to assess the normative significance of a range of linguistic inequal…
Cultural Exemptions, Equality and Basic Interests
Justifications for cultural exemptions (CE) have been a controversial feature of recent discussions of multiculturalism. Some hold that CEs are justifiable (if at all) only on grounds of prudence (for instance, in order to secure political stability). According to the prudence-only view, CEs are justified inequalities. Meanwhile, some multiculturalists claim that at least some CEs are required to respect the equality of citizens from minority cul…
Constitutional Secession Rights, Exit Threats and Multinational Democracy
Are constitutional secession rights compatible with democracy in a multinational political association? Multinational political associations are political formations that allow for multiple and parallel projects of national identity promotion, and are more likely than other political formations to experience secessionist pressure. One argument against incorporating secession rights in a constitution is that rights-holders might deploy exit threat…
Immigration, language and disadvantage
Many democratic states provide supports for immigrants who are not fluent speakers of the majority or official language(s). For example, they provide interpreters in courts and hospitals, print administrative forms in multiple languages and employ bilingual staff to provide public services. This paper considers the justification of these policies from the perspective of normative political theory, makes some recommendations about what they ought …
Cultural Diversity and Civic Education
According to the ‘fragmentation objection’ to multiculturalism, practices of cultural recognition undermine political stability, and this counts as a reason to be sceptical about the public recognition of minority cultures, as well as about multiculturalism construed more broadly as a public policy. Civic education programmes, designed to promote autonomy, toleration and patriotism, have been justified as a corrective to the fragmentary tendencie…
Toleration and Cultural Controversies
Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment
Religious establishment today often takes a multifaith form, whereby multiple religions are supported in different ways and to different degrees. In order to contribute to the development of a normative framework for assessing practices and regimes of multifaith establishment, this article recommends the concept of “social alienation.” Initially, social alienation is defended as a negative normative criterion to determine when specific establishm…
Toleration and Cultural Controversies
Borders and Belonging
Cultural Diversity and Civic Education
According to the ‘fragmentation objection’ to multiculturalism, practices of cultural recognition undermine political stability, and this counts as a reason to be sceptical about the public recognition of minority cultures, as well as about multiculturalism construed more broadly as a public policy. Civic education programmes, designed to promote autonomy, toleration and patriotism, have been justified as a corrective to the fragmentary tendencie…
Cultural Exemptions, Equality and Basic Interests
Justifications for cultural exemptions (CE) have been a controversial feature of recent discussions of multiculturalism. Some hold that CEs are justifiable (if at all) only on grounds of prudence (for instance, in order to secure political stability). According to the prudence-only view, CEs are justified inequalities. Meanwhile, some multiculturalists claim that at least some CEs are required to respect the equality of citizens from minority cul…
Constitutional Secession Rights, Exit Threats and Multinational Democracy
Are constitutional secession rights compatible with democracy in a multinational political association? Multinational political associations are political formations that allow for multiple and parallel projects of national identity promotion, and are more likely than other political formations to experience secessionist pressure. One argument against incorporating secession rights in a constitution is that rights-holders might deploy exit threat…
Are There Rights to Institutional Exemptions?
Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory
1. Introduction 2. Political Community 3. Pluralism 4. Representation 5. Democracy 6. Power 7. Freedom 8. Equality 9. Justice 10. Rights 11. Conclusion
Four conceptions of linguistic disadvantage
Policymakers need a conception of linguistic disadvantage to supply guidance about the relative priority of inequalities with a linguistic dimension and to inform decisions about whether such inequalities require correction or compensation. A satisfactory conception of linguistic disadvantage will make it possible to compare the situations of speakers of different languages and to assess the normative significance of a range of linguistic inequal…
Accommodating religious institutions
What forms of accommodation ought to be extended to religious institutions? Should churches, firms, charities and schools with a religious ethos be permitted to discriminate in ways that would otherwise be illegal? Should they be allowed to opt-out of particular laws so as to enable them to preserve their distinctive characters? This article addresses these questions by defending three claims. First, legal exemptions for religious institutions ca…
Some objections to the desire-based objection
Immigration, language and disadvantage
Many democratic states provide supports for immigrants who are not fluent speakers of the majority or official language(s). For example, they provide interpreters in courts and hospitals, print administrative forms in multiple languages and employ bilingual staff to provide public services. This paper considers the justification of these policies from the perspective of normative political theory, makes some recommendations about what they ought …
Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment
Religious establishment today often takes a multifaith form, whereby multiple religions are supported in different ways and to different degrees. In order to contribute to the development of a normative framework for assessing practices and regimes of multifaith establishment, this article recommends the concept of “social alienation.” Initially, social alienation is defended as a negative normative criterion to determine when specific establishm…
Equality Amongst Speakers of English
This article explores how egalitarians should characterise the complex and multifaceted inequalities associated with the ongoing global spread of English(es). We argue that global linguistic inequality today cannot be reduced to a single dimension, such as inequality of power or status. Instead, by drawing on distributive and relational approaches to egalitarian political theory, we disaggregate global linguistic inequality into nine dimensions: …
Justifying self-determination
This paper describes and defends a novel principle for allocating self-determination powers: the persistent alienation principle. This holds that there are pro tanto grounds for extending greater powers of self-determination to persistently alienated internal minorities who seek such powers, if doing so will alleviate their alienation without alienating or threatening the basic interests of others. For this principle, alienation should be underst…
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