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1 online resource (222 pages) |
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The cultural lives of law |
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Cultural lives of law.
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| Contents |
Owen in America : ambiguities in the concept of the Federal system -- Indians and individualists : a multiplicity of sovereignties -- An imperium in imperio : the Mormon empire and later developments -- Another Yoder case : the separatist community and the dissenting individual -- Melting pots and pariah peoples -- Theoreticians : questions left open -- The minority treaties of the League of Nations -- The debate over education : truth, peace, citizenship -- Children and groups : problems in fact and in theory -- Negotiating the frameworks : the problem of the sensitive citizen |
| Summary |
From outlawing polygamy and mandating public education to protecting the rights of minorities, the framing of group life by the state has been a subject of considerable interest and controversy throughout the history of the United States. The subject continues to be important in many countries. This book deals with state responses to cultural difference through the examination of a number of encounters between individuals, groups, and the state, in the United States and elsewhere. The book opens the concepts of groups and the state, arguing for the complexity of their relations and interpenetrations. Carol Weisbrod draws on richly diverse historical and cultural material to explore various structures that have been seen as appropriate for adjusting relations between states and internal groups. She considers the experience of the Mormons, the Amish, and Native Americans in the United States, the Mennonites in Germany, and the Jews in Russia to illustrate arrangements and accommodations in different times and places. The Minorities Treaties of the League of Nations, political federalism, religious exemptions, nonstate schools, and rules about adoption are among the mechanisms discussed that sustain cultural difference and create frameworks for group life, and, finally, individual life |
| Analysis |
JSTOR-DDA |
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Multi-User |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Cultural pluralism.
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Cultural pluralism -- United States
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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State, The.
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Politics and culture.
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Culture and law
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Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History
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Politics and culture -- United States -- History
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Cultural Diversity
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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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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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Social policy
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Cultural pluralism
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Culture and law
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Politics and culture
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Sociological jurisprudence
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State, The
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Culturele verschillen.
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Minderheden.
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Culture juridique.
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Politique et culture -- États-Unis.
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Pluralisme juridique -- États-Unis.
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Pluralisme juridique -- Allemagne.
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Pluralisme juridique -- Russie.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400825431 |
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1400825431 |
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