Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights

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Clarendon Press, 1996 - 280 Seiten
The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new issues and conflicts, as ethnic and national minorities demand recognition and support for their cultural identity. This book presents a new conception of the rights and status of minority cultures. It argues that certain "collective rights" of minority cultures are consistent with liberal democratic principles, and that standard liberal objections to such rights can be answered. However, the author emphasizes that no single formula can be applied to all groups, and that the needs and aspirations of immigrants are very different from those of indigenous peoples and national minorities. He looks at issues such as language rights, group representation, religious education, federalism, and secession--issues central to an understanding of multicultural politics, but which have been neglected in contemporary liberal theory. Scholars of political theory and philosophy, as well as the general reader, will find this work to be the most comprehensive analysis to date of this crucial political issue.
 

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1 Introduction
1
2 The politics of multiculturalism
10
3 Individual rights and collective rights
34
4 Rethinking the liberal tradition
49
5 Freedomand culture
75
6 Justice and minority rights
107
7 Ensuring a voice for minorities
131
8 Toleration and its limits
152
9 The ties that bind
173
10 Conclusion
193
Notes
196
Bibliography
240
Index
265
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Autoren-Profil (1996)

Will Kymlicka is Research Director of the Canadian Centre for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Ottawa, and Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University. His previous books include: Liberalism, Community and Culture; Contemporary Political Philosophy and Justice in Political Philosophy.

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