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Can Liberal Pluralism Be Exported?: Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe

By Will Kymlicka , Magda Opalski

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
019924815X, 9780199248155
Open Library ID
OL17037283M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25551168 bytes)
Pages
458\458
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Many post-communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are being encouraged, indeed pressured, by Western countries to improve their treatment of ethnic and national minorities and to adopt Western models of minority rights. But what are these Western models? Will they work in Eastern Europe? Here, Will Kymlicka describes a model of Western "liberal pluralism," discussing what would be involved in adopting it in the East. This is followed by commentaries from activists involved in minority rights' issues, both as practitioners and as academics, and Kymlicka's replies to their analyses. Sure to interest anyone concerned with ethnic conflict, this volume will spark discussion among all those struggling over the question of whether Western liberal values can or should be promoted in the rest of the world.

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