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Polity and Group Difference: A Critique of the Ideal of Universal Citizenship

Iris Marion Young · Ethics, 99(2), 250–274 · 1989

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Iris Marion Young
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DOI 10.1086/293065
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TheoryIn 'Polity and Group Difference' (1989) Young argued that universal citizenship understood as generality and identical treatment disadvantages oppressed groups, and proposed public support for their self-organisation, for group-generated policy proposals that decision-makers must consider, and veto power over policies directly affecting them.