Robert Garner is professor of political theory at the University of Leicester

University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....

 in the UK. Garner specializes in animal rights

Animal rights

Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...

, focusing on animal protectionism

Animal protectionism

Animal protectionism is a position within the animal rights movement that favors incremental change in pursuit of non-human animal interests. It is contrasted with abolitionism, the position that human beings have no moral right to use animals, and ought to have no legal right, no matter how the...

 and the political representation of non-human interests in general. He is the author of a number of books in the area, including The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? (2010) with Gary Francione; Animal Ethics (2005); and Animals, Politics and Morality (2004).

Garner obtained his BA from the University of Salford, and his MA and PhD from the University of Manchester.

Works

Books

• With Gary Francione. The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?. Columbia University Press, 2010.
• With Peter Ferdinand and Stephanie Lawson. Introduction to Politics. Oxford University Press, 2009.
• Animal Ethics. Polity Press, 2005.
• The Political Theory of Animal Rights. Manchester University Press, 2005.
• Animals, Politics and Morality. Manchester University Press, 2004.
• Environmental Politics: Britain, Europe and the Global Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.
• Political Animals: Animal Protection Politics in Britain and the United States. Palgrave Macmillan, 1998.
• With Richard Kelly. British Political Parties Today. Manchester University Press, 1998.

Papers

• "Animals, ethics and public policy," The Political Quarterly 81 (1): 123–130, 2010.
• "The politics of animal rights," British Politics 3 (1): 110–119, 2008.
• "Political ideologies and the moral status of animals," Journal of Political Ideologies 8 (2): 233–246, 2003.
• "Animals, politics and justice: Rawlsian liberalism and the plight of non-humans," Environmental Politics 12 (2): 3–22, 2003.
• "Animal rights, political theory and the liberal tradition," Contemporary Politics 8 (1): 7–22, 2002.
• "Political Ideology and the Legal Status of Animals", Animal Law 8: 77, 2002.
• "Political Science and Animal Studies", Society and Animals 10 (4): 395–402, 2002.
• "The scope of green realism," Contemporary Politics 6 (2): 185–190, 2000.
• "Animal protection and legislators in Britain and the United States," The Journal of Legislative Studies 5 (2): 92–114, 1999.
• "The Politics of Animal Protection: A Research Agenda," Society and Animals 3 (1): 43–60, 1995.
• "Ecology and Animal Rights: Is Sovereignty Anthropocentric?," Reclaiming Sovereignty: 181–191.
• "The Animal Lobby," The Political Quarterly 62 (2): 285–291, 1991.