Dr Chris Armstrong
BA, MSc, PhD
School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
Position: Senior Lecturer, Head of Teaching Programmes
Telephone: (023) 8059 3072
Email: C.Armstrong@soton.ac.uk
Biography
2002 ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow University of Bristol
2001 PhD Politics, University of Bristol
1997 MSc International Relations (distinction), London School of Economics
1996 BA Politics (first class), University of Durham
Research interests
I work with normative concepts such as equality, justice and citizenship. My current work focuses on issues and theories of global justice, and especially global egalitarianism. I'm trying to rebut some objections to global egalitarianism, to draw out what global equality might mean in theory and practice, and to think through some of the implications of the idea of national self-determination.
I have also worked on the political theory of recognition and redistribution, feminist theory and feminist normative thought, and on theories of citizenship and of ‘global citizenship’.
Research Supervision
I am very happy to supervise research students in areas related to my own research interests (see above), which are broadly in normative political theory and gender theory. I'd be especially interested to see proposals on topics of global political theory, though I'd would be more than happy to supervise students whose worked touches on any of the areas mentioned above. Please contact me if you would like any advice on drawing up a PhD proposal or an application.
Teaching activities
On sabbatical, first semester 2010-11. In semester two, I will be teaching POLI3036 Global Justice: Theories and Debates
Work in progress
Roles
Head of Teaching Programmes
Selected publications
| Books | |
|---|---|
| Gerry Stoker, Chris Armstrong, Andrew Mason et al. 2010 Prospects for Citizenship. Bloomsbury Academic., (ISBN: 978-18496-60051) | |
| Chris Armstrong 2006 Rethinking Equality: the Challenge of Equal Citizenship. Manchester: Manchester University Press., (ISBN: 0719069254) | |
| Chapters in books | |
|---|---|
| Chris Armstrong 2010 'Global Egalitarianism versus National Self-Determination?' In Keith Breen and Shane O'Neill (eds), After the Nation? Critical Reflections on 'Post-Nationalism'. Palgrave. | |
| Chris Armstrong to be published 'Global Resource Distribution' in Deen Chatterjee (ed) The Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Springer. | |
| Chris Armstrong to be published 'Global Equality of Opportunity' in Deen Chatterjee (ed) The Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Springer. | |
| Chris Armstrong to be published 'Global Basic Structure' in Deen Chatterjee (ed) Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Springer. | |
| Chris Armstrong to be published Institutions for Distributive Justice in Darrel Moellendorf and Heather Widdows (eds) The Handbook of Global Ethics (forthcoming). Acumen. | |
| Articles in journals | |
|---|---|
| Chris Armstrong 2010 National Self-Determination, Global Equality and Moral Arbitrariness. Journal of Political Philosophy On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong and Simon Thompson 2009 Parity of Participation and the Politics of Status. European Journal of Political Theory, Vol. 8 No. 1 On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2010 Arguing About Justice: Domestic and Global. European Journal of Political Theory, Vol. 9, No. 3, 367-375. On-line abstract On-line article, Review article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2009 Defending the Duty of Assistance? Social Theory and Practice, 35.3 On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2009 Coercion, Reciprocity and Equality Beyond the State. Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 40, Issue 3, 297-316. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2009 Basic Needs, Equality and Global Justice. Journal of Global Ethics, Vol 5, No. 3, 245-51.. | |
| Chris Armstrong 2008 Collapsing Categories? Fraser on Economy, Culture and Justice. Philosophy and Social Criticism, Vol. 34, No. 4, 409-425. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2008 Global Egalitarianism. Philosophy Compass, Volume 3 On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2007 On the 'New Egalitarianism' Imprints: Egalitarian Theory and Practice, 9(3), 191-210. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2006 Opportunities, Outcomes and Democracy: Young and Phillips on Equality. Political Studies, 54 (2), 289-309. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2006 Global Civil Society and the Question of Global Citizenship. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-profit Organizations, 17(3) On-line article, Reproduces material from my book Rethinking Equality | |
| Chris Armstrong 2005 Equality, Risk and Responsibility: Dworkin on the Insurance Market.. Economy and Society, 34 (3), 451-473. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2004 Equality, Community and the Production of Value. European Journal of Political Theory, 3 (3), 339-346. On-line article, Review article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2003 Some Reflections on Equality of Power. Imprints: Egalitarian Theory and Practice, 7 (1), 44-53. | |
| Chris Armstrong 2003 Opportunity, Responsibility and the Market: Interrogating Liberal Equality. Economy and Society, 32 (3), 410-427. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2003 Equality, Recognition and the Distributive Paradigm. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 6 (4), 154-164. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong 2002 Complex Equality: Beyond Equality and Difference? Feminist Theory, 3 (1), 67-82. On-line article | |
| Chris Armstrong and Judith Squires 2002 Beyond Public and Private: Relational Space and Sexual Inequalities. Contemporary Political Theory, 1 (3), 261-283. | |
| Reports | |
|---|---|
| Chris Armstrong 2006 Citizenship in Global Perspective. Report to Policy and Practice: a Development Education Review, 314-25, Reproduces material from my book Rethinking Equality | |
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