Essays about: "Martha Fineman"

Found 2 essays containing the words Martha Fineman.

1. 1. "Inscrire la vulnérabilité au centre du pacte politique” : Towards a radical feminist reconceptualization of vulnerability through the critical juxtaposition of Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory and Martha Fineman’s legal philosophy

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Ariadni Polychroniou (Polichroniou); [2022]
   Keywords : Vulnerability; Dependency; Resilience; Precarity; Feminist Philosophy; Judith Butler; Martha Fineman; Responsive State; Performative Resistance;

   Abstract : This Master Thesis focuses on the theoretical reconstruction of a positive feminist conceptualization of vulnerability via the thorough systematization and critical comparison of Martha Fineman’s socio-legal philosophy and Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory. In the introductory remarks, the reader becomes familiar with the turbulent receptions and numerous interdisciplinary re-artications of the term vulnerability within the realms of contemporary feminist theory. READ MORE

3. 2. Building Older Persons’ “Resilience” Through Old-Age Pension Schemes in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Diana Davitadze; [2022]
   Keywords : Older Persons; Ageism; Social Security; Human Rights; Vulnerability Theory; Old-age Pensions; Women; Georgia.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Older persons’ rights are increasingly penetrating the Human Rights discourse in response to the surging aging of the world population. Old-age pension schemes are designed to protect older persons against vulnerabilities once they resign from the job market. READ MORE