From the good international citizen to the cosmopolitan political community: A constitutional path

Asylum seekers' experiences in Australia between 2012 and 2014: The Structural-Personal Interaction Process

“…This understanding of cosmopolitanism has been developed through consideration of the work of Morris (2009) Linklater (1998 and Shapcott (2010Shapcott ( , 2013.…”

“…The cosmopolitan idea of global citizenship, in which all people are owed human rights as part of the global political community, has been conceptualised in many forms with respect to global institutions of governance, market structures, moral norms, and cultural change or acceptance (Audi 2009;Beck and Sznaider 2010;Fine 2003;Grande 2006;Linklater 2001;Morris 2010b;Shapcott 2013). Cosmopolitan conceptualisations of citizenship are relevant to the experiences of asylum seekers because of their lack of protection from the government in their home countries and their need to seek protection for their human rights from another state, calling on their status as global citizens.…”

“…Along with his ideas regarding ongoing development of international harm conventions, a practical how-to guide for avoiding harm in international and Emma Campbell -PhD Dissertation Chapter Ten Discussion: Suffering in the context of harming structures domestic politics and examples of practical applications of the 'harm principle' could compliment his in-depth overview of the theory of harm in world politics. Shapcott (2013) describes one way in which Linklater's (2011) cosmopolitan 'harm principle' might be applied. He explores ways in which the cosmopolitan 'harm principle' might be written into national constitutions.…”

“…She explains, legal judgement based on the constitution within Australia has validated Australia's use of mandatory detention despite this policy contravening international law. Shapcott (2013) Interaction Process provides an empirical contribution to the understanding of harm in world politics, with a focus on asylum seekers in Australia. From an interpretivist perspective, oscillation between deductive theorizing and inductive theorizing, which draws on empirical data for theory Emma Campbell -PhD Dissertation Chapter Ten Discussion: Suffering in the context of harming structures generation and testing, is important in order to develop understandings of social processes that are grounded in actual interactions and occurrences (Johnson 2008).…”

“…This checklist could be integrated with the constitutional inclusion of the harm principle that Shapcott (2013) identified.…”