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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights

By Will Kymlicka

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1995
ISBN
9780198279495, 0198279493, 0198290918, 9780198290919, 9780585428451
LCC
JF1061 .K96 1995
Open Library ID
OL1273641M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
54 MB (56767263 bytes)
Series
Oxford Political Theory
Pages
146\146
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

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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