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Governing Animals: Animal Welfare and the Liberal State Smith, Kimberly K. (Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Carleton College)
Governing Animals: Animal Welfare and the Liberal State
Smith, Kimberly K. (Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Carleton College)
Governing Animals explores the role of the liberal state in protecting animal welfare. Examining liberal concepts such as the social contract, property rights, and representation, Kimberly K. Smith argues that liberalism properly understood can recognize the moral status and social meaning of animals and provides guidance in fashioning animal policy.
240 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 5, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199895755 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 234 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 235 × 21 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |