Professor Tony Evans 

Porfessor of Global Politics  

Business, Law and Sport 

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tony.evans@winchester.ac.uk 

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Biography

Tony Evans has a background in global politics. He teaches programmes on international relations and the politics of universal human rights. He also has in interest in the politics of Islam, in particular, the social and political norms and values associated with Islam in a globalized world order.

Publications

'Globalization and Human Rights’, in Cindy Holden. Problems of Human Rights, forthcoming 2012. 

Human Rights in the Global Political Economy: Critical Processes, London, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011. 

‘The Limits of Tolerance: Islam as Counter-Hegemony? Review of International Studies, forthcoming 2011. 

Kirkup, Alex, and Evans, Tony. ‘The Myth of Western Opposition to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights? A Reply to Whelan and Donnelly, Human Rights Quarterly, 31:1, 2009.

Evans, Tony and Ayers, Aloson. ‘Disciplining Global Society’, Studies in Social Justice, 1:2, autumn, 108-21, 2007.  

‘Rights and Wrongs: The Global Constitution of Citizenship in Africa’, Citizenship Studies, 10:3, 289-308, 2006.

The Politics of Human Rights: A Global Perspective, London, Pluto Press, 2005. 

Research Interests

Tony Evans’ research interests have focused on the politics of human rights, both historically and in the current era. His most recent research has looked the way new technology has enabled non-western cultures to transmit ideas that challenge dominant conceptions of politics and society. In particular, this has focused upon Islam and Confucianism.

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

Tony Evans most recent award was a Leverhulme Fellowship during which he researched for his latest book, The Political Economy of Human Rights: Critical Processes.