Brooke A. Ackerly is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy and Affiliated Faculty of Women's and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism, Universal Human Rights in a World of Difference, and co-author of Doing Feminist Research.

Winner of the American Political Science Association's 2019 Victoria Schuck Award

"Ackerly locates the starting point for global justice in the everyday experience of those suffering injustice and their struggle against injustice. She sets out several reasons for this, the most important of which is understanding, and acting to correct, injustice is a difficult task always done under conditions of incomplete and imperfect information; as a consequence, to accurately know or combat injustice the experience of those suffering injustice should have a privileged position in relation to abstract theorising. Given injustice is encountered in the actual world of everyday experience, we require a theory of global justice connected to the everyday." -- Joe Hoover, Queen Mary University of London, UK

"[T]he main contributions of Just Responsibility are the methodology that Ackerly articulates and illustrates; the practical nature of her conclusions; and her distillation of the construction and maintenance of social epistemologies." -- Karie Cross Riddle, Calvin College, The Review of Politics

"Brooke Ackerly is a political theorist who knows how to make questions of global accountability come alive. I can already hear the lively classroom discussions." --Cynthia Enloe, author of The Big Push

"Just Responsibility offers grounded, insightful theory on global injustice and political responsibility that can be immensely helpful in shaping grant strategy. Ackerly provides a guide for those in philanthropy and far beyond to transform political community together." --Michael Hirschhorn, Former Executive Director, Human Rights Funders Network

"Combining insights and methods from feminist theory and the international human rights literature, and elegantly argued with concrete illustrations drawn from her extensive field work in Bangladesh, Ackerly's book demonstrates 'practical political theory' at its best." --Nancy J. Hirschmann, Professor of Political Science, The University of Pennsylvania

"A scholarly but accessible book, Just Responsibility will appeal to both academics and activists looking for a theory of human rights that offers transformational possibilities." --J. Ann Tickner, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American University

"In a time where injustice and evil seem to be overwhelming justice and the forces of good, Brooke Ackerly provides a powerful and inspiring argument for how individuals can take responsibility for vast global injustices and take action to improve the world. Combining insights and methods from feminist theory and the international human rights literature, and elegantly argued with concrete illustrations drawn from her extensive field work in Bangladesh, Ackerly's book demonstrates 'practical political theory' at its best." --Nancy J. Hirschmann, Professor of Political Science, The University of Pennsylvania

"For human rights grantmakers, human rights are more than just aspirational; they undergird the very way we do our work. Brooke Ackerly's Just Responsibility offers grounded, insightful theory on global injustice and political responsibility that can be immensely helpful in shaping grant strategy. Ackerly provides a guide for those in philanthropy and far beyond to transform political community together." --Michael Hirschhorn, Former Executive Director, Human Rights Funders Network