The Social Contract Today: Recent Episodes
Jacqueline Courtenay
The podcast taking a look at the state of the social contract today through the lens of current affairs and aims to imagine a new social contract for a better, fairer and more transparent society.
Brought to you each week by social contract enthusiast, Jacqueline Courtenay
In this episode, Jacqueline Courtenay questions the extent to which the social contract includes the disabled.
Recommendations:
The Triple Cripples
Supreme Court 1927 - Buck v Bell
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In this episode, Jacqueline Courtenay explores how the social contract excludes women.
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Woman's Hour - Equality in the Home
Marilyn Waring - Tedx Talk
A New Social Contract for Black & Latinx Women
In this episode, Jacqueline Courtenay discusses race and #BlackLivesMatter
Recommendations:
The Black Curriculum
Angela Davis & Jane Elliot
The High Low Podcast
John Boyega #BLM Protest
In this episode, Jacqueline Courtenay discusses race in the social contract theory and questions whether all races are considered in Western political theory and practice.
Recommendations:
Theorising Racial Justice
The Racist Roots of Liberalism
An introduction to the theory underpinning the laws of the land, the Social Contract
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In Our Time "The Social Contract" - BBC Radio 4
Summary of Social Contract Theory by Manzoor Laksar (2013)