Political Theory

This section, supported by the ECPR Standing Group on Political Theory, invites work from all subfields of political theory, including work on normative, conceptual, applied, methodological and historical topics, construed broadly. We welcome work from all traditions in political theory, including analytical, formal, feminist, critical and post-structural approaches, as well as cross disciplinary research that draws on political science, philosophy, history, law, sociology, economics, cultural and literary studies. We aim to facilitate engagement across sub-disciplinary boundaries and to support cutting edge research within particular traditions or on particular problems. To promote engagement across different traditions, we welcome panel proposals that address problems, themes and concepts from multiple perspectives. To promote specialised work on particular topics, we welcome panel proposals that either address the complexities and diversity of particular traditions in political theory, or address particular problems or issues from within the confines of one particular tradition, such as the analytical tradition. We welcome panel proposals on all topics in political theory. So far, members of the ECPR Political Theory Specialist Group have proposed to convene panels on the following topics: Laclau, the Political, Populism and Radical Democracy (Allan Dreyer Hansen, Roskilde University, adh@ruc.dk) Justice and Immigration Policy: New Developments (Caleb Yong, McGill University and Georgiana Turculet, Central European University, caleb.yong@mail.mcgill.ca) Political Theory and Public Health (Jurgen De Wispelaere, jurgen.dewispelaere@gmail.com) Compromise: Democratic Ideals and Political Realities (Anders Berg-Sørensen, University of Copenhagen, abs@ifs.ku.dk) Additional panel proposals are welcome, and interested colleagues should contact the section chair (andrew.shorten@ul.ie). Section Chair: Andrew Shorten, University of Limerick (Andrew.Shorten@ul.ie) Andrew Shorten is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Limerick (Ireland). He was previously a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at University College, London (UK) and a visiting fellow at the Institute of Philosophy in the School of Advanced Studies, University of London (UK). From 2010 to 2013 he served as co-convenor for the Political Theory Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of Ireland. He is currently co-convenor of the ECPR Political Theory Standing Group. He has published work on toleration, multiculturalism, federalism, nationalism, language policy and secession rights. Section co-Chair: Adina Preda, University of Limerick (Adina.Preda@ul.ie) Adina Preda is a Lecturer in Political Theory, interested especially in questions related to rights as well as distributive and global justice and justice and health. Before coming to Limerick, she held positions at the University of Montreal, at the Hoover Chair, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium and at University College Dublin. She has published several articles on rights, especially group rights (Journal of Moral Philosophy, Political Studies) and the human right to health. She is currently co-convenor of the ECPR Political Theory Standing Group.