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The Politics of Vulnerable Groups

Part of the Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07547-6

ISBN: 978-3-031-07546-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jul 3, 2022

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Chapter 1Introduction

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 1 –5

[The aim of the research is to describe—with specific regard to the legal and political context—the recurrent and, above all, undertheorized use of the notion of vulnerable groups, without, however, criticising its plausibility. On the contrary, the aim is to show in what terms, and to what...
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Chapter 2Vulnerability: What Are We Talking About?

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 7 –30

[The chapter offers a brief overview of the studies on the concept of vulnerability, as well as of the theories that—in both legal and political philosophy—used this concept as a standpoint on reality. On the one hand, it is linked (in different ways and for different purposes) to the bodily,...
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Chapter 3The Vulnerable Groups and Their Legal Value

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 31 –59

[The chapter is dedicated to the legal concept of group vulnerability and analyses how the concept of group vulnerability occurs in international law. The chapter takes the UN legal framework into account, as well as the area of the Council of Europe; specific attention is also paid to the...
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Chapter 4Towards a Theory of Group Vulnerability

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 61 –92

[The chapter aims at providing a better understanding of group vulnerability. After a brief overview of the main criticisms addressed to the notion of group vulnerability, the chapter argues that this notion is not only theoretically plausible, but also politically useful, even if susceptible to...
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Chapter 5Group Vulnerability and Parallel Dimensions

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 93 –120

[The concept of group vulnerability presents similarities to other concepts that are best kept separate: that of minority, discrimination, and victimhood. The aim of this chapter is to highlight both similarities and differences between the category of group vulnerability and these three...
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Chapter 6Group Vulnerability and Power

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 121 –149

[The chapter analyses the complex and often ambiguous relationship between group vulnerability and power: in particular, it discusses the issue of oppression and the forms through which power is exercised towards groups to define, confine, extend, or determine their vulnerability. The chapter...
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Chapter 7Vulnerability in a Positional Sense: The Case of Clinical Trials

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 151 –174

[The chapter discusses the case of clinical trials as an example of condition that produces group vulnerability in a positional sense. Clinical trials represent an interesting point of view on group vulnerability because, traditionally, vulnerable groups are in this case identified with regard to...
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Chapter 8Identity-Based Group Vulnerability: The Case of “Irregular” Migrants

Macioce, Fabio

Pages: 175 –193

[The chapter takes the case of migrants in conditions of irregularity into account, as an example of group vulnerability that is related to systemic violence and oppression towards individuals as members of a group. At the same time, such a condition is an example of the positive and emancipatory...

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