ISBN:
9780814780626
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (646 p.)
Series Statement:
NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Parallel Title:
Print version Ethnicity and Group Rights : Nomos XXXIX
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Within Western political philosophy, the rights of groups has often been neglected or addressed in only the narrowest fashion. Focusing solely on whether rights are exercised by individuals or groups misses what lies at the heart of ethnocultural conflict, leaving the crucial question unanswered: can the familiar system of common citizenship rights within liberal democracies sufficiently accommodate the legitimate interests of ethnic citizens. Specifically, how does membership in an ethnic group differ from other groups, such as professional, lifestyle, or advocacy groups? How important is eth
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; PART I MEANINGS OF ETHNICITY AND GROUP RIGHTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CLASSIFYING CULTURAL RIGHTS; PART II THE IDEA OF TOLERATION; 3 CULTURAL TOLERATION; 4 RESPONSE TO KUKATHAS; 5 ON HUMAN DIVERSITY AND THE LIMITS OF TOLERATION; 6 THE IDEA OF NONLIBERAL CONSTITUTIONALISM; PART III THE NORMATIVE STATUS OF ETHNICITY; 7 GROUP RIGHTS AND ETHNICITY; 8 ON JUSTIFYING SPECIAL ETHNIC GROUP RIGHTS: COMMENTS ON POGGE; PART IV GROUP RIGHTS AND GROUP AGENCY; 9 GROUP AGENCY AND GROUP RIGHTS
Description / Table of Contents:
10 COMMON-LAW CONSTRUCTIONS OF GROUP AUTONOMY: A CASE STUDY11 A TALE OF TWO VILLAGES (OR, LEGAL REALISM COMES TO TOWN); PART V GROUP REPRESENTATION; 12 DEFERRING GROUP REPRESENTATION; 13 WHAT IS A BALANCED COMMITTEE? DEMOCRATIC THEORY, PUBLIC LAW, AND THE QUESTION OF FAIR REPRESENTATION ON QUASI-LEGISLATIVE BODIES; PART VI DYNAMICS OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION; 14 SELF-DETERMINATION: POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND LAW; 15 TRIBES, REGIONS, AND NATIONALISM IN DEMOCRATIC MALAWI; 16 "THAT TIME WAS APARTHEID, NOW IT'S THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA": DISCOURSES OF RACE IN RUYTERWACHT, 1995
Description / Table of Contents:
17 FROM ETHNIC EXCLUSION TO ETHNIC DIVERSITY: THE AUSTRALIAN PATH TO MULTICULTURALISM18 STRAIGHT GAY POLITICS: THE LIMITS OF AN ETHNIC MODEL OF INCLUSION; INDEX;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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