Skip to main content#
Glendon Campus Alumni Research Giving to York Media Careers International York U Lions Accessibility
Future Students Current Students Faculty and Staff
Faculties Libraries York U Organization Directory Site Index Campus Maps
Graduate Program in Political Science

Faculty Directory

Faculty Directory by Areas of Specialization:

  • Canadian Politics
  • Political Theory
  • Comparative Politics
  • Women and Politics
  • International Relations
  • Affiliated Faculty


  •  

    Lesley Jacobs

    Title: Professor
    Academic History: PhD Oxford
    Department Affiliation: Political Science
    Office Location: S730A Ross
    Email: jacobs@yorku.ca
    Website: http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=jacobs
    Phone: 416.736.2100 x20430
    Research Interests:

    Social and political theory, social justice, human rights from a comparative perspective, American and Canadian social policy especially health and poverty, law and society.

    Teaching:  
    Publications/Projects:

    Pursuing Equal Opportunities: The Theory and Practice of Egalitarian Justice. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004) Pp. xiv & 280 .
    Chinese translation of Pursuing Equal Opportunities. (Shanghai: Jilin Publishing Group, 2007) , Pp. 365

    (Co-edited with R. Vandewetering), John Stuart Mill's 'The Subjection of Women': HisContemporary and Modern Critics. (New York, Caravan Books, 1999.) Includes Introduction by Editors (43 pages). Pp. 436.

    The Democratic Vision of Politics. (Saddle Creek, NJ: Prentice-Hall/Simon & Schuster, 1997) Pp. xvi & 145.
    Chinese translation of The Democratic Vision of Politics, with a new extended Preface for Chinese Readers. (Beijing: The Radio & TV Publishing House of China, 1999.) Pp. 234.

    Rights and Deprivation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Imprint, 1993) Pp. x & 230