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“The Human Rights Project and the Limits of Cosmopolitan Rights,” De Ethica 9, 1 (2025), 4-25.
“Realistic Prescription,” in Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory, Hilkje C. Hänel & Johanna M. Müller, eds. London: Routledge (2024), 67-79.
“Universities and Human Rights in Cities” [with Tina Kempin-Reuter and Jackie Smith], Journal of Human Rights 23, 2 (2024): 199-212.
“Human Rights Globalization: How Local and Global Actions Institutionalize Human Rights” [with Jackie Smith], Journal of Human Rights 23, 2 (2024): 125-133.
“Liberal Pragmatism and Liberal Fantasy in the Era of Backlash Politics,” Political Science Quarterly 138, 4 (2023): 549-562.
“Climate Change and the Politics of Responsibility,” Perspectives on Politics, 21, 4 (2023): 550-568.
“The Future of Human Rights is Local,” in Human Rights at the Intersections: Transformations Through Addressing New Challenges, Anthony Tirado Chase, Sofia Gruskin, and Pardis Mahdavi, eds, London: I.B. Tauris (2023).
“Revisiting Interdependence in Times and Terms of Crisis,” Journal of Human Rights, 19, (2020): 520-527.
“How do Human Rights Matter?” in Why Human Rights Still Matter in Contemporary Global Affairs, Mahmood Monshipouri, ed. New York: Routledge, 2020.
“Human Rights Cities: Making the Global Local,” in Contesting Human Rights: Norms,
Institutions and Practice, Alison Brysk and Michael Stohl, eds. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2019.
“Constructing dignity: Human rights as a praxis of egalitarian freedom,” Journal of Human
Rights 17, 4 (2018), 403-417.
“Reflection Now! Critique and Solidarity in the Trump Era” (with Jeanne Morefield), Theory & Event 20.1 [supplement] (2017), 68-85.
“Interpreting Responsibility Politically,” Journal of Political Philosophy 25, 2 (2017), 173-95.
“Introduction: Unthinking the world-system” (with Patrick Manning, John Markoff, and Jackie Smith), in Social Movements and World-System Transformation, Jackie Smith, Michael Goodhart, Patrick Manning, and John Markoff, eds. New York: Routledge, 2016.
“Accountable International Relations,” in The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability, Mark
Bovins, Robert Goodin, and Thomas Schillemans, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2014: 289-304.
“Recent Works on Dignity and Human Rights: A Road Not Taken,” Perspectives on Politics 12.4 (2014), 846-856. [review article]
“Constructing Global Justice: A Critique,” Ethics and Global Politics 5, 1 (2012), 1-26.
“Human Rights and the Politics of Contestation,” in Human Rights at the Crossroads, Mark
Goodale, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
“The New Sovereigntist Challenge for Global Governance: Democracy without Sovereignty”
(with Stacy Bondanella Taninchev), International Studies Quarterly, 55, 4 (2011), 1047-1068.
“Democratic Accountability in Global Politics: Norms, not Agents,” Journal of Politics, 73, 1
(2011): 45–60.
“Democracy as Human Rights,” in Routledge Handbook of Human Rights, Thomas Cushman, ed. London: Routledge, 2011.
“Introduction” (with Anja Mihr), in Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change
since 9/11, Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds. London: Palgrave, 2011: 1-9.
“Conclusion” (with Anja Mihr), in Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change
since 9/11, Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds. London: Palgrave, 2011: 256-270.
“Reverting to Form: American Exceptionalism and Human Rights after 9/11,” in Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change since 9/11, Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds. London: Palgrave, 2011: 65-85.
“World State and Global Democracy,” in Global Governance, Global Government: Institutional Visions for an Evolving World System, Luis Cabrera, ed. Albany: SUNY Press, 2011.
“Global Democracy Through Transnational Human Rights,” in Global Democracy and its Difficulties, Anthony J. Langlois and Karol Edward Soltan, eds. London: Routledge, 2009: 54-67.
“Human Rights and Global Democracy,” Ethics and International Affairs 22, 4 (2008): 395-420.
“Neither Relative nor Universal: A Response to Donnelly,” Human Rights Quarterly 30, 1 (2008): 183-93.
“A Democratic Defense of Universal Basic Income,” in Illusion of Consent: Essays after Carole Pateman, Iris M. Young, Mary L. Shanley, and Daniel I. O’Neill, eds. State College, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008: 139-162.
“Europe’s Democratic Deficits Through the Looking Glass: The European Union as a Challenge for Democracy,” Perspectives on Politics 5, 3 (2007): 567-84.
“Children Born of War and Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections,” in Born of War, R. Charli Carpenter, ed. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Publishers, 2007: 195-216.
“‘None So Poor that He is Compelled to Sell Himself’; Democracy, Subsistence, and Basic Income,” in Economic Rights, Lanse Minkler and Shareen Hertel, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007: 94-114.
“Sins of the Fathers: War Rape, Wrongful Procreation, and Children’s Human Rights,” Journal of Human Rights 6, 3 (2007): 307-324.
“Human Rights and Non-State Actors: Theoretical Puzzles,” in Non-State Actors in the Human Rights Universe, George Andreopoulos, Zehra F. Arat, and Peter Juviler, eds. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Publishers, 2006: 23-41.
“Civil Society and the Problem of Global Democracy,” Democratization 12, 1 (2005): 1–21.
“Origins and Universality in the Human Rights Debates: Cultural Essentialism and the Challenge of Globalization,” Human Rights Quarterly 25, 4 (2003): 935-64.
“Sovereignty: Reckoning What is Real,” Polity 34, 2 (2001): 241-57 [review article].
“Democracy, Globalization, and the Problem of the State,” Polity 33, 4 (2001): 527-46.
“Theory in Practice: Quentin Skinner’s Hobbes, Reconsidered,” The Review of Politics 62, 3 (2000): 531-61.
“Realistic Prescription,” in Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory, Hilkje C. Hänel & Johanna M. Müller, eds. London: Routledge (2024), 67-79.
“Universities and Human Rights in Cities” [with Tina Kempin-Reuter and Jackie Smith], Journal of Human Rights 23, 2 (2024): 199-212.
“Human Rights Globalization: How Local and Global Actions Institutionalize Human Rights” [with Jackie Smith], Journal of Human Rights 23, 2 (2024): 125-133.
“Liberal Pragmatism and Liberal Fantasy in the Era of Backlash Politics,” Political Science Quarterly 138, 4 (2023): 549-562.
“Climate Change and the Politics of Responsibility,” Perspectives on Politics, 21, 4 (2023): 550-568.
“The Future of Human Rights is Local,” in Human Rights at the Intersections: Transformations Through Addressing New Challenges, Anthony Tirado Chase, Sofia Gruskin, and Pardis Mahdavi, eds, London: I.B. Tauris (2023).
“Revisiting Interdependence in Times and Terms of Crisis,” Journal of Human Rights, 19, (2020): 520-527.
“How do Human Rights Matter?” in Why Human Rights Still Matter in Contemporary Global Affairs, Mahmood Monshipouri, ed. New York: Routledge, 2020.
“Human Rights Cities: Making the Global Local,” in Contesting Human Rights: Norms,
Institutions and Practice, Alison Brysk and Michael Stohl, eds. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2019.
“Constructing dignity: Human rights as a praxis of egalitarian freedom,” Journal of Human
Rights 17, 4 (2018), 403-417.
“Reflection Now! Critique and Solidarity in the Trump Era” (with Jeanne Morefield), Theory & Event 20.1 [supplement] (2017), 68-85.
“Interpreting Responsibility Politically,” Journal of Political Philosophy 25, 2 (2017), 173-95.
“Introduction: Unthinking the world-system” (with Patrick Manning, John Markoff, and Jackie Smith), in Social Movements and World-System Transformation, Jackie Smith, Michael Goodhart, Patrick Manning, and John Markoff, eds. New York: Routledge, 2016.
“Accountable International Relations,” in The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability, Mark
Bovins, Robert Goodin, and Thomas Schillemans, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2014: 289-304.
“Recent Works on Dignity and Human Rights: A Road Not Taken,” Perspectives on Politics 12.4 (2014), 846-856. [review article]
“Constructing Global Justice: A Critique,” Ethics and Global Politics 5, 1 (2012), 1-26.
“Human Rights and the Politics of Contestation,” in Human Rights at the Crossroads, Mark
Goodale, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
“The New Sovereigntist Challenge for Global Governance: Democracy without Sovereignty”
(with Stacy Bondanella Taninchev), International Studies Quarterly, 55, 4 (2011), 1047-1068.
“Democratic Accountability in Global Politics: Norms, not Agents,” Journal of Politics, 73, 1
(2011): 45–60.
“Democracy as Human Rights,” in Routledge Handbook of Human Rights, Thomas Cushman, ed. London: Routledge, 2011.
“Introduction” (with Anja Mihr), in Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change
since 9/11, Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds. London: Palgrave, 2011: 1-9.
“Conclusion” (with Anja Mihr), in Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change
since 9/11, Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds. London: Palgrave, 2011: 256-270.
“Reverting to Form: American Exceptionalism and Human Rights after 9/11,” in Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change since 9/11, Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds. London: Palgrave, 2011: 65-85.
“World State and Global Democracy,” in Global Governance, Global Government: Institutional Visions for an Evolving World System, Luis Cabrera, ed. Albany: SUNY Press, 2011.
“Global Democracy Through Transnational Human Rights,” in Global Democracy and its Difficulties, Anthony J. Langlois and Karol Edward Soltan, eds. London: Routledge, 2009: 54-67.
“Human Rights and Global Democracy,” Ethics and International Affairs 22, 4 (2008): 395-420.
“Neither Relative nor Universal: A Response to Donnelly,” Human Rights Quarterly 30, 1 (2008): 183-93.
“A Democratic Defense of Universal Basic Income,” in Illusion of Consent: Essays after Carole Pateman, Iris M. Young, Mary L. Shanley, and Daniel I. O’Neill, eds. State College, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008: 139-162.
“Europe’s Democratic Deficits Through the Looking Glass: The European Union as a Challenge for Democracy,” Perspectives on Politics 5, 3 (2007): 567-84.
“Children Born of War and Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections,” in Born of War, R. Charli Carpenter, ed. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Publishers, 2007: 195-216.
“‘None So Poor that He is Compelled to Sell Himself’; Democracy, Subsistence, and Basic Income,” in Economic Rights, Lanse Minkler and Shareen Hertel, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007: 94-114.
“Sins of the Fathers: War Rape, Wrongful Procreation, and Children’s Human Rights,” Journal of Human Rights 6, 3 (2007): 307-324.
“Human Rights and Non-State Actors: Theoretical Puzzles,” in Non-State Actors in the Human Rights Universe, George Andreopoulos, Zehra F. Arat, and Peter Juviler, eds. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Publishers, 2006: 23-41.
“Civil Society and the Problem of Global Democracy,” Democratization 12, 1 (2005): 1–21.
“Origins and Universality in the Human Rights Debates: Cultural Essentialism and the Challenge of Globalization,” Human Rights Quarterly 25, 4 (2003): 935-64.
“Sovereignty: Reckoning What is Real,” Polity 34, 2 (2001): 241-57 [review article].
“Democracy, Globalization, and the Problem of the State,” Polity 33, 4 (2001): 527-46.
“Theory in Practice: Quentin Skinner’s Hobbes, Reconsidered,” The Review of Politics 62, 3 (2000): 531-61.