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UNU-WIDER Ethics, Rhetoric and Politics of Post-conflict Reconstruction: How Can the Concept of Social Contract Help Us in Understanding How to Make Peace Work?

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Ethics, Rhetoric and Politics of Post-conflict Reconstruction: How Can the Concept of Social Contract Help Us in Understanding How to Make Peace Work?

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Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2006/148
Title:
Ethics, Rhetoric and Politics of Post-conflict Reconstruction: How Can the Concept of Social Contract Help Us in Understanding How to Make Peace Work?
Authors:
Sirkku K. Hellsten
Publication date:
2006
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
9291909327
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291909322
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2006
Keywords:
power, justice, ethics, peace, social contract, morality, Rousseau, Rawls, Nozick, Hobbes, women, communitarians, contractarianism
JEL:
D63, F59, K19, N40
Project:
Reconstruction in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies
Sponsor:
The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online
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