RC31 - Political Philosophy

Co-Chairs

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

Leiden University
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
Turfmarkt 99
The Hague, Zuid-Holland, 2511 DP
Netherlands

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

King's College, London
Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy
8.11 Bush House (North East Wing)
London, WC2B 4BG
United Kingdom

 

Secretaries

Dr Ayesha Omar, University of the Witwatersrand
ayesha.omar@wits.ac.za

University of the Witwatersrand
Department of Political Studies
1 Jan Smuts Ave, Braamfontein
Johannesburg, 2017
South Africa

 

Media Officer

Mr Gonzalo Alonso  Zamora Galleguillo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
gonzalo.zamora.g@uc.cl

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Literature and Linguistics

 

Board Members

John Medearis, University of California, Riverside
David Strecker, Goethe University
Peter Breiner, University of Albany

 

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/