International political theory, historical political philosophy and the constitutional underlabourer

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ID6436294
AuthorsD Owens (0000-0002-8865-6332, University of Southampton, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume21
Issue2
Pages219-233
Publication date2025-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Political Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1755-0882 • E-ISSN: 1755-1722
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17550882251351922
OpenAlexW4411638844
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

This paper illustrates one way in which thinking about the democratic underlabourer model in relation to intra-state politics can be helpful for working up an analogous model for international politics. This move involves both a critical engagement with the initial articulation of the democratic underlabourer model and making explicit some of its background commitments. Drawing on my own work on refugees, it offers an extended example of what I refer to as ‘the constitutional underlabourer model’. In the final section, I considered two potential challenges to this model and show that addressing them involves drawing out potentials of the model that my example had failed to make explicit and hence helps to elaborate a richer understanding of the constitutional underlabourer model and its attractions

Constitutional theory · Epistemology · Political economy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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