Should refugees govern refugee camps?

• Published in: Critical review of international social and political philosophy Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 441 - 464
• Main Author: Bender, Felix
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 06.06.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accountability; all-subjected principle; Decision makers; Decision making; democracy; Legal system; Political philosophy; Political systems; Refugee camps; Refugees; Rules

Should refugees govern refugee camps? This paper argues that they should. It draws on normative political thought in consulting the all-subjected principle and an instrumental defense of democratic rule. The former holds that all those subjected to rule in a political unit should have a say in such...