Alexa Zellentin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4777075 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexa Zellentin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexa |
| FAMILY NAME | Zellentin |
| SIGNATURE | ZELLENTIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3109-3524 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Education for Citizenship in a Changing Country
This chapter discusses some questions regarding the political theory of education in Ireland: 1. Which value commitments and attitudes should be encouraged to prepare children for their roles in society? 2. Who should decide what children learn? How is the role of the state to be balanced against that of parents and educational institutions? 3. How should education respond to increasing diversity and value pluralism? 4. To what extent should publ…
What Kind of Ireland?
Modern Ireland is a relatively wealthy and politically stable democracy, but it bears the deep marks of its route to this point. This introductory chapter draws together some key themes that run through this volume and profiles the core contributions of each of its chapters. The overall story is one of contradictory influences. The political institutions of the state, notwithstanding much innovation over time, retain a bias toward a remarkably st…
Der philosophische Neutralitätsbegriff und die Kopftuchdebatte
The paper approaches the question whether teachers should be allowed to wear headscarves by analysing the concept of liberal neutrality. After showing problems with current conceptions of neutrality, it suggests understanding neutrality as a two-fold concept: a) there are matters the state has no business getting involved in if it wants to respect its citizens as free (respect element), b) citizens ought to be treated as equals despite their diff…
Freedom, Equality, Minarets
Liberal Neutrality
What does it mean to treat citizens as free and equal given their cultural differences? This book argues that the state ought to be neutral. Treating citizens as free requires justificatory neutrality. Treating citizens as equals requires the state to grant its citizens equal political rights and also to ensure that these rights have Given the danger that cultural bias undermines the equal standing of citizens, the state has to ensure procedures …
Climate Migration. Cultural Aspects of Climate Change
This paper argues that climate migration-in case of climate refugees in a strict sense-differs from other forms of migration not only by its finality but also by the fact that entire communities are forced to resettle elsewhere. For such communities to migrate with dignity-that is in a way that protects the social bases of their self-respect-their host countries are required to ensure the necessary institutional arrangements enabling these people…
Freedom, Equality, Minarets
Climate Migration. Cultural Aspects of Climate Change
This paper argues that climate migration-in case of climate refugees in a strict sense-differs from other forms of migration not only by its finality but also by the fact that entire communities are forced to resettle elsewhere. For such communities to migrate with dignity-that is in a way that protects the social bases of their self-respect-their host countries are required to ensure the necessary institutional arrangements enabling these people…
Climate Migration. Cultural Aspects of Climate Change
This paper argues that climate migration-in case of climate refugees in a strict sense-differs from other forms of migration not only by its finality but also by the fact that entire communities are forced to resettle elsewhere. For such communities to migrate with dignity-that is in a way that protects the social bases of their self-respect-their host countries are required to ensure the necessary institutional arrangements enabling these people…
Liberal Neutrality
What does it mean to treat citizens as free and equal given their cultural differences? This book argues that the state ought to be neutral. Treating citizens as free requires justificatory neutrality. Treating citizens as equals requires the state to grant its citizens equal political rights and also to ensure that these rights have Given the danger that cultural bias undermines the equal standing of citizens, the state has to ensure procedures …
Freedom, Equality, Minarets
Der philosophische Neutralitätsbegriff und die Kopftuchdebatte
The paper approaches the question whether teachers should be allowed to wear headscarves by analysing the concept of liberal neutrality. After showing problems with current conceptions of neutrality, it suggests understanding neutrality as a two-fold concept: a) there are matters the state has no business getting involved in if it wants to respect its citizens as free (respect element), b) citizens ought to be treated as equals despite their diff…
Education for Citizenship in a Changing Country
This chapter discusses some questions regarding the political theory of education in Ireland: 1. Which value commitments and attitudes should be encouraged to prepare children for their roles in society? 2. Who should decide what children learn? How is the role of the state to be balanced against that of parents and educational institutions? 3. How should education respond to increasing diversity and value pluralism? 4. To what extent should publ…
What Kind of Ireland?
Modern Ireland is a relatively wealthy and politically stable democracy, but it bears the deep marks of its route to this point. This introductory chapter draws together some key themes that run through this volume and profiles the core contributions of each of its chapters. The overall story is one of contradictory influences. The political institutions of the state, notwithstanding much innovation over time, retain a bias toward a remarkably st…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Neutrality (3 works) · State (computer science) (3 works) · Citizenship (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works)