Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority RightsThe 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 sorts of `collective rights' for minority cultures are consistent with liberal democratic principles, and that standard liberal objections to recognizing such rights on grounds of individual freedom, social justice, and national unity, can be answered. However, Professor Kymlicka emphasises 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. The book discusses issues such as language rights, group representation, religious education, federalism, and secession - issues which are central to understanding multicultural politics, but which have been surprisingly neglected in contemporary liberal theory. |
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... integrate? What degree of cultural integration can be required of immigrants and refugees before they acquire citizenship? The problem is not that traditional human rights doctrines give us the wrong answer to these questions. It is ...
... integrate? What degree of cultural integration can be required of immigrants and refugees before they acquire citizenship? The problem is not that traditional human rights doctrines give us the wrong answer to these questions. It is ...
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... integrating minority groups, and indeed may assist in this integration. Self-government rights, on the other hand, do pose a serious threat to social unity, since they encourage the national minority to view itself as a separate people ...
... integrating minority groups, and indeed may assist in this integration. Self-government rights, on the other hand, do pose a serious threat to social unity, since they encourage the national minority to view itself as a separate people ...
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... integration reflects cultural imperialism. Both of these charges are over-generalizations which ignore differences ... integrate into the larger society, and to be accepted as full 2. The politics of multiculturalism.
... integration reflects cultural imperialism. Both of these charges are over-generalizations which ignore differences ... integrate into the larger society, and to be accepted as full 2. The politics of multiculturalism.
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... integration. They still participate within the public institutions of the dominant culture(s) and speak the dominant language(s). For example, immigrants (except for the elderly) must learn English to acquire citizenship in Australia ...
... integration. They still participate within the public institutions of the dominant culture(s) and speak the dominant language(s). For example, immigrants (except for the elderly) must learn English to acquire citizenship in Australia ...
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... integrating into another culture, but rather aimed to reproduce their original society in a new land. It is an essential feature of colonization, as distinct from individual emigration, that it aims to create an institutionally complete ...
... integrating into another culture, but rather aimed to reproduce their original society in a new land. It is an essential feature of colonization, as distinct from individual emigration, that it aims to create an institutionally complete ...
Contents
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3 Individual rights and collective rights | 34 |
4 Rethinking the liberal tradition | 49 |
5 Freedomand culture | 75 |
6 Justice and minority rights | 107 |
7 Ensuring a voice for minorities | 131 |
8 Toleration and its limits | 152 |
9 The ties that bind | 173 |
10 Conclusion | 193 |
Notes | 196 |
Bibliography | 240 |
Index | 265 |
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