Group rights as human rights: a liberal approach to multiculturalism

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Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Multiculturalism and Group Rights : The Issues -- 2. Outline of the Book -- Chapter I : Cultural Minorities and Group Rights : Contested Concepts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Preliminary Elucidation of the Concept of Minority -- 2.1 Objective Elements -- 2.2 The Subjective Element -- 3. Minorities and Group Rights : The Inadequacy of the Dominant Approach -- 3.1 The Problem of Defining "Minority" Revisited -- 3.2 What Conception of Group Rights? -- 4. Liberalism vs. Communitarianism : An Inadequate Framework -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter II : Towards an Alternative Notion of Group Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Group Rights : An Unnecessary Concept? -- 2.1 The Reductionist Strategy -- 2.2 Questioning the Need for the Language of Rights -- 3. Two Complementary Conceptions of Group Rights -- 3.1 Group Rights as Rights to Public Goods -- 3.2 Group Rights as Special Rights -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter III : Understanding Multiculturalism : Which Groups Qualify? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Minorities -- 3. Cultural Minorities -- 4. Against Group Rights? Some Provisional Conclusions -- Chapter IV : Tolerance, Neutrality and Group Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Tolerance Approach and the Question of Group Rights -- 2.1 Tolerance and Neutrality in Liberal Thought -- 2.2 Neutrality and its Tension with Group Rights -- 3. The Cultural Dimension of Politics : Liberalism, Nationalism and Nation-Building -- 3.1 "E Pluribus Unum:" The Historical Link between Nationalism and Liberalism -- 3.2 The Politics of Nation-Building -- 3.3 The Liberal Justification of Nationalism -- 3.4 The Awakening of Minorities -- 4. Illusions of Neutrality and the Tolerance Model -- 4.1 State Interference and Cultural Domination : Past and Present -- 4.2 Beyond History : The Tolerance Approach as an Ideal? -- 5. Group Rights and Neutrality -- 5.1 Consequential and Justificatory Neutrality -- 5.2 The Compatibility of Group Rights and Neutrality -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter V : On the Relevance of Cultural Belonging : Group Rights as Instrumental Rights and as Fundamental Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Instrumental Justification of Group Rights -- 2.1 The Limits of Global Humanism -- 2.2 Compensatory Justice Arguments -- 2.3 Conclusion : The Instrumental Relevance of Group Rights -- 3. Group Rights as Basic Rights : The Connection between Autonomy and Cultural Belonging -- 3.1 Cultural Belonging as the Basis of Autonomy : The Theory of Will Kymlicka -- 3.2 Cultural Belonging as a Primary Good -- 3.3 The Burdens of Assimilation and the Limits of Coercion -- 4. Group Rights as Basic Rights : The Challenge of Recognition -- 4.1 Recognition and Culture in the Theory of Charles Taylor -- 4.2 The Politics of Recognition and the Critique of 'Neutrality Liberalism' -- 4.3 Recognition and Autonomy : Some Criticisms -- 4.4 Regaining Autonomy and Respect : Toward a R.