An Analysis Of Seyla Benhabib'S The Rights Of Others Av Burcu (University Of Cambridge Uk) Ozcelik

In <EM>The Rights of Others</EM>, Benhabib argues that the transnational movement of people across the globe has brought to the fore fundamental dilemmas facing liberal democracies: tension between a state¿s commitment to universal human rights, and to its sovereign self-determination and its claims to regulate its national borders on the other. Re-conceptualises the boundaries of political membership in liberal democracies instead proposing ¿porous¿ borders rather than open ones and a right to ¿just membership,¿ advocating cosmopolitan federalism in the tradition of Kant. Banhabib¿s work goes to the heart of key issues faced in a world of forced displacement, Brexit, and increased protectionism.