The Political Value of Time

Citizenship, Duration, and Democratic Justice

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Waiting periods and deadlines are so ubiquitous that we often take them for granted. Yet they form a critical part of any democratic architecture. When a precise moment or amount of time is given political importance, we ought to understand why this is so. The Political Value of Time explores the idea of time within democratic theory and practice. Elizabeth F. Cohen demonstrates how political procedures use quantities of time to confer and deny citizenship rights. Using specific dates and deadlines, states carve boundaries around a citizenry. As time is assigned a form of political value it comes to be used to transact over rights. Cohen concludes with a normative analysis of the ways in which the devaluation of some people's political time constitutes a widely overlooked form of injustice. This book shows readers how and why they need to think about time if they want to understand politics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-03-01
Mått:156 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:281 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:194
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108412254

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Elizabeth F. Cohen is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York. She is the author of Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics (Cambridge, 2009), and other scholarship has featured in Citizenship Studies, Perspectives on Politics and Ethics and International Affairs. She has also published op-eds in newspapers including the Washington Post and Politico.

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'Time is the ultimate scarce resource, defying every human attempt to defy its inevitable reckoning. As a result, time is intimately bound up with struggles over power and resources; indeed it often gives those struggles their meaning and point. Yet political theorists have paid scant attention to time. Elizabeth F. Cohen sets out to remedy this situation in her lucid and engaging new book. She develops a political economy of time and exhibits its implications for a host of debates about rights, power, and distribution. This is an important and novel contribution.' Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University, Connecticut

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. The sovereign temporal boundaries around nation-states, populations, and citizenries; 3. Democracy, duration, and lived consent; 4. Time's political value; 5. The political economy of time; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography.