RC31 - Political Philosophy

Chair

Dr Andrei Poama, Leiden University
a.poama@fgga.leidenuniv.nl

Leiden University
Governance and Global Affairs
Turfmarkt 99
The Hague, 2511 DP
Netherlands

 

Co-Chair

Prof John Medearis, University of California
john.medearis@ucr.edu

Department of Political Science
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
USA

 

Secretaries

Dr Humeira Iqtidar, King's College London
humeira.iqtidar@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Juliana Acosta Lopez de Mesa, Univesidad de Antioquia
juliana.acosta@udea.edu.co

 

Board Members

Dr Roberto Merril, Universidade do Minho, nrbmerrill@gmail.com

Dr David Strecker, Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt, d.strecker@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Professor Peter Breiner, University at Albany, pbreiner@albany.edu

 

Background

Recognised as study group in 1983; granted research committee status in 1988.

 

Objectives

RC 31 promotes research and study in political philosophy. The object of the committee is to explore the logic and morality of politics from the joint perspectives of (a) underlying principles and (b) derivative public policies. The broad issues to which it attends include such questions as Tolerance, Friendship, Community, Violence, Sovereignty, Federalism, War, Peace, Terrorism, and so forth.

 

Website

http://rc31.ipsa.org/