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Oxford University Press
05 March 2026
The assumption that only humans can engage in politics - that only humans are 'zoon politikon' - is foundational to the Western tradition of political philosophy. While there is increasing recognition of animals' moral status (both within moral philosophy and at the level of public opinion), animals are not recognized as political subjects. This carefully researched but accessibly written volume - following on from the authors' earlier book Zoopolis - argues that animals too have a right to politics: a right to be recognized as political subjects and agents, and as members of political communities entitled to collective self-determination. The book draws on recent scientific work on animal societies, cultures, and decision-making, as well as recent work by political theorists rethinking ideas of agency and community - especially the significance of emplaced and embodied encounters and relationships to the activity of politics. Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka draw a picture of what it would mean to create spaces and practices, not only for politics conducted by humans on behalf of animals, but also politics with and by animals on their own terms. It then explores how this approach could inform a wide range of contemporary debates in human-animal relations, including wildlife conservation, urban planning, and animal labour.
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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 135mm,  Width: 157mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   527g
ISBN:   9780198989004
ISBN 10:   0198989008
Pages:   352
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Acknowledgements Part A. Context 1: The Challenge: Political Exclusion 2: Political Wardship 3: Resistance 4: The Cosmopolitan Temptation Part B. Theory 5: Political Animals 6: Bounded Communities 7: Political Agency Part C. Applications 8: Animal Agora 9: Diplomacy in the Wild 10: Multispecies Commons 11: Conclusion: Realistic Utopias Notes Bibliography Index

Sue Donaldson is a Canadian author and animal advocate. She started her career as a secondary school teacher before becoming a full-time researcher/writer. She has published across multiple genres, but her primary focus is writing about animals and politics. She has published more than 40 academic articles, and is the co-author, with Will Kymlicka, of Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (OUP, 2011) which won the Canadian Philosophical Association Book Prize in 2013, and has been translated into 11 languages. She is co-convenor of the Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics research group at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Will Kymlicka received his BA in philosophy and politics from Queen's University in 1984, and his DPhil in philosophy from Oxford University in 1987. He is the author of seven books published by Oxford University Press, including Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd ed., 2001), Multicultural Citizenship (1996), and Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (co-authored with Sue Donaldson; 2011). He is currently the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. His works have been translated into 34 languages.

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