I completed my DPhil at the University of York on conceptions of autonomy in the context of debates surrounding multiculturalism. I joined Politics at Stirling in 1996, prior to which I taught at the University of Manchester.
My main research interests lie within the area of liberal political philosophy, with a focus on questions of legitimacy, democratic participation and citizenship in contemporary pluralist liberal democracies. My recent research has focus on the relationship between gender equality and cultural justice and the implications of potential tensions between these concepts for liberal democracies committed to a more inclusive notion of citizenship that recognises diversity. Currently I am engaged in a project on the role of religion in the liberal public realm. This project critically examines the manner in which the separation between state and church has been conceived in contemporary liberal political thought and explores the implications of these frameworks for the rights and duties of religious and secular citizens. Recent publications available on STORRE include: ‘Empowering Minority Women: Autonomy versus Participation’, Contemporary Political Theory, Vol. 11, No 3, 2012. ‘ The Use of Public Reason by Religious and Secular Citizens: Limitations of Habermas’ Conception of the Role of Religion in the Public Realm’ Constellations, Vol.18, No 2, 2011. ‘Gender, Culture and the Politics of Identity in the Public Realm’, Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, 12 (2), 2009.
The Politics of Recognition and the Dynamics of Social Conflict
PI: Dr Andrea Baumeister
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Book Chapter
Public Reason and the Burdens of Citizenship A Case for Toleration
Baumeister A (2020) Public Reason and the Burdens of Citizenship A Case for Toleration. In: Drerup J & Schweiger G (eds.) Toleration and the Challenges to Liberalism. London: Routledge, pp. 129-145. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003015123
Book Chapter
Religion and the Claims of Citizenship: The Dangers of Institutional Accommodation
Baumeister A (2019) Religion and the Claims of Citizenship: The Dangers of Institutional Accommodation. In: Seglow J & Shorten A (eds.) Religion and Political Theory Secularism, Accommodation and the New Challenges of Religious Diversity. London: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 99-117. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781785523144/Religion-and-Political-Theory-Secularism-Accommodation-and-The-New-Challenges-of-Religious-Diversity
Article
Empowering minority women: Autonomy versus participation
Baumeister A (2012) Empowering minority women: Autonomy versus participation. Contemporary Political Theory, 11 (3), pp. 285-304. https://doi.org/10.1057/cpt.2011.26
Book Chapter
Diversity and Equality: 'Toleration as Recognition' Reconsidered
Baumeister A (2011) Diversity and Equality: 'Toleration as Recognition' Reconsidered. In: Mookherjee M (ed.) Democracy, Religious Pluralism and the Liberal Dilemma of Accommodation. Studies in Global Justice, Volume 7. Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer, pp. 103-117. http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/political+science/book/978-90-481-9016-4; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9017-1
Article
Baumeister A (2011) The Use of "Public Reason" by Religious and Secular Citizens: Limitations of Habermas' Conception of the Role of Religion in the Public Realm. Constellations, 18 (2), pp. 222-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8675.2011.00635.x
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Gender, culture and the politics of identity in the public realm
Baumeister A (2009) Gender, culture and the politics of identity in the public realm. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 12 (2), pp. 259-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230902892176
Book Review
Multiculturalism without culture
Baumeister A (2008) Multiculturalism without culture. Review of: Anne Phillips, MULTICULTURALISM WITHOUT CULTURE, Princeton, NJ, and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007, 202 pp. 978-0691141152. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 31 (6), pp. 1177-1178.
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Introduction to the symposium on gender equality and cultural justice
Baumeister A (2008) Introduction to the symposium on gender equality and cultural justice. Res Publica, 14 (3), pp. 145-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-008-9063-1
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Diversity and Unity: The Problem with 'Constitutional Patriotism'
Baumeister A (2007) Diversity and Unity: The Problem with 'Constitutional Patriotism'. European Journal of Political Theory, 6 (4), pp. 483-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474885107080652
Book Chapter
Gender equality and cultural justice: How thin is Nussbaum's universalism?
Baumeister A (2006) Gender equality and cultural justice: How thin is Nussbaum's universalism?. In: Haddock B, Roberts P & Sutch P (eds.) Principles and Political Order: The Challenge of Diversity. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory. London: Routledge, pp. 147-159. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415384629/
Book Review
Baumeister A (2006) Diversity. Review of: Davina Cooper, Challenging diversity: rethinking equality and the value of difference, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004, x/pp.235. ISBN 978-0521539548 Chandran Kukathas, The liberal archipelago: a theory of diversity and freedom, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003, xii/pp. 292, ISBN 9780199257546 Avigail Eisenberg and Jeff Spinner-Halev (eds), Minorities within minorities: equality, rights and diversity, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005, xii/pp. 390. ISBN 9780521843140. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29 (4), pp. 749-752. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870600665235
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Habermas: Discourse and Cultural Diversity
Baumeister A (2003) Habermas: Discourse and Cultural Diversity. Political Studies, 51 (4), pp. 740-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0032-3217.2003.00456.x
Book Chapter
Baumeister A (2003) The limits of universalism. In: Haddock B & Sutch P (eds.) Multiculturalism, Identity and Rights. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory. London: Routledge, pp. 111-125. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415315142/
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Ways of belonging: Ethnonational minorities and models of 'differentiated citizenship'
Baumeister A (2003) Ways of belonging: Ethnonational minorities and models of 'differentiated citizenship'. Ethnicities, 3 (3), pp. 393-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968030033006
Book Chapter
Liberal Citizenship and Feminism
Baumeister A (2001) Liberal Citizenship and Feminism. In: Evans M (ed.) The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Liberalism. London: Routledge, pp. 75-85. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781579583392/
Book Review
Obligations of citizenship and demands of faith: religious accommodation in pluralist democracies
Baumeister A (2001) Obligations of citizenship and demands of faith: religious accommodation in pluralist democracies. Review of: Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith: Religious Accommodation in Pluralist Democracies, Nancy L Rosenbaum (ed.), Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, 438 pp, ISBN 978-0691007083. Political Studies, 49 (2), pp. 345-346. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00318
Book Chapter
Baumeister A (2000) The new Feminism. In: O'Sullivan N (ed.) Political Theory in Transition. London: Routledge, pp. 49-69. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781857288544/
Book Chapter
Baumeister A (2000) Kant: the Arch-enlightner. In: Geras N & Wokler R (eds.) The Enlightenment and Modernity. Houndsmill: Macmillan Press, pp. 50-65. http://us.macmillan.com/theenlightenmentandmodernity/NormanGeras
Authored Book
Liberalism and the 'Politics of Difference'
Baumeister A (2000) Liberalism and the 'Politics of Difference'. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748609093
Book Chapter
Multicultural Citizenship, Identity and Conflict
Baumeister A (1999) Multicultural Citizenship, Identity and Conflict. In: Horton J & Mendus S (eds.) Toleration, Identity and Difference. Houndsmill: Macmillan Press, pp. 87-102. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=258584
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Two liberalisms and the 'politics of difference'
Baumeister A (1998) Two liberalisms and the 'politics of difference'. Journal of Political Ideologies, 3 (3), pp. 307-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569319808420783
Edited Book
Literature and the Political Imagination
Baumeister A & Horton J (eds.) (1996) Literature and the Political Imagination. London: Routledge.
Book Review
Pornography and civil rights: The liberal case against pornography
Baumeister A (1996) Pornography and civil rights: The liberal case against pornography. Review of: The Problem of Pornography: Regulation and the Right to Free Speech, Susan M. Easton, London and New York: Routledge, 1994, 216pp, ISBN 978-0-415-09182-4; Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties -- a Radical New View, Catherine Itzin (ed.), NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1993, 654pp, ISBN 978-0198257554. Res Publica, 2 (2), pp. 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02340092