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Animals, Equality and Democracy /

Animals, Equality and Democracy examines the structure of animal protection legislation and finds that it is deeply inequitable, with a tendency to favour those animals the community is most likely to see and engage with. Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that these inequities violate fundamental princ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Sullivan, Siobhan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
Democracy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Political Philosophy.
Political Theory.
Sociology, general.
Political science > Philosophy.
Political science.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Animals, Equality and Democracy examines the structure of animal protection legislation and finds that it is deeply inequitable, with a tendency to favour those animals the community is most likely to see and engage with. Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that these inequities violate fundamental principle of justice and transparency.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 213 pages)
ISBN:9780230349186
DOI:10.1057/9780230349186