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In this chapter, by examining some practical ways of challenging the first type of vulnerability (dependence), we illustrate how taking up responsibility contributes to the construction of bonds of solidarity Seeing the social world as ‘organised by allocations of responsibilities’ (Montada 2001: 89), we will analyse acts of responsibility at the three levels, starting with individual responsibility for a person in need of care, moving to social responsibility in terms of granting respect and finishing with a discussion of human rights at the global level.
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© 2011 Barbara A. Misztal
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Misztal, B.A. (2011). Acts of Responsibility. In: The Challenges of Vulnerability. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230316690_8
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