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1 online resource (ix, 294 pages) |
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Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series |
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Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series.
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A critique of liberal multiculturalism -- A model of culture within the paradigm of anti-essentialism -- The normative context of well-being -- Limitations to social participation -- Social freedom and justice -- Social recognition and non-domination -- Morality and responsibility -- Liberalism and communitarianism -- Modern civic republicanism |
| Summary |
Western democratic states are experiencing a backlash against the politics of multiculturalism. While a multicultural critique of liberal democracy is necessary it has all too often been rooted in the notion of cultures as separate and distinct, fuelling the backlash that regards this as a politics of division. The challenge facing liberals and multiculturalists alike is to recognise the importance of claims of culture without collapsing multicultural society into a series of discrete cultural ghettos. This book addresses the challenge by reframing the debate, moving away from the emphasis on cultural membership to focus instead on the contexts in which the particularities of minorities impact on claims for justice and recognition. We must respond to circumstances of injustice which impede minorities' capability to pursue meaningful activities in multiple dimensions, economic, social and political as well as cultural, as citizens of equal status. This book argues that it is possible to defend intercultural justice and freedom without entrenching culture, group and identity, and that it is important to do so |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Multiculturalism.
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Social justice.
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Liberty.
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Social Justice
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Freedom
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multiculturalism.
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freedom.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Liberty
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Multiculturalism
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Social justice
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Multiculturele samenlevingen.
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Sociale rechtvaardigheid.
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Vrijheid.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230299207 |
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0230299202 |
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1349326313 |
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9781349326310 |
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