Monique Deveaux is a Canadian philosopher. She is a Full Professor and Tier 1

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in Ethics and Global Social Change at the

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. She is known for her research on

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, cultural pluralism and

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Education

Deveaux completed her

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and

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degrees in political theory from

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before enrolling at

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for her M.Phil. and PhD. Following her PhD, Deveaux became a postdoctoral research fellow at the Wiener Center for Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at

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Career

Williams College

Upon completing her fellowship, Deveaux joined the faculty at

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as an assistant professor in political science in 1998. In this new role, she continued to write on issues of moral theory and eventually published her first book ''Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice'' in 2000. In this book, Deveaux searches for a way to provide "justice amid diversity" by arguing for deliberative liberalism. Following this publication, Deveaux accepted a

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fellowship from 2001 to 2002 where she developed and wrote her second book; ''Traditional Cultures and Liberal Constitutions.'' Upon returning to Williams College following her fellowship, she was named a 2002–03 Oakley Fellow for the fall semester. Deveaux was granted tenure at Williams in 2004. During her first three years as a tenured professor, Deveaux co-edited and published two books; ''Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States'' and ''Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice.'' In these books, she explores the tensions between multicultural, liberal democracies and cultural and religious customs. Her first book, ''Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States,'' received the 2008 C.B. Macpherson Prize. In 2010, Deveaux was promoted to the rank of

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of political science.

University of Guelph

Deveaux left Williams College in 2010 to become a Tier 1

in Ethics and Global Social Change. In this role, she used a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant to organize a conference on global ethics and fairness. In 2017, Deveaux was renewed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair.

Books

* ''Poverty, Solidarity, and Poor-led Social Movements'', Oxford University Press, 2021 * ''Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States'', Oxford University Press, 2006 * ''Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice'',

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, 2000 * ''Exploitation: From Practice to Theory'', Monique Deveaux and Vida Panitch (eds), Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 * ''Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy'',

Omid Payrow Shabani Omid A. Payrow Shabani is an Iranian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Payrow Shabani is known for his expertise on constitutional patriotism, Iranian politics and Jürgen Habermas's philosophy. He was awarded ...

and Monique Deveaux (eds.),

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, 2014 * ''Reading Onora O'Neill'', M. Deveaux, D. Archard, D.Weinstock & N. Manson (eds.), Routledge, 2013 * ''Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice: Critical Perspectives in Political Theory & Practice'', M. Deveaux, B.Arneil, R. Dhamoon, & A. Eisenberg (eds.), Routledge 2007

References

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