Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority RightsThe 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 sorts of `collective rights' for minority cultures are consistent with liberal democratic principles, and that standard liberal objections to recognizing such rights on grounds of individual freedom, social justice, and national unity, can be answered. However, Professor Kymlicka emphasises 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. The book discusses issues such as language rights, group representation, religious education, federalism, and secession - issues which are central to understanding multicultural politics, but which have been surprisingly neglected in contemporary liberal theory. |
Contents
| 1 | |
THE POLITICS OF MULTICULTURALISM | 10 |
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND COLLECTIVE | 34 |
RETHINKING THE LIBERAL TRADITION | 49 |
FREEDOM AND CULTURE | 75 |
JUSTICE AND MINORITY RIGHTS | 107 |
ENSURING A VOICE FOR MINORITIES | 131 |
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |
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