Minority Rights and Liberal Democratic Insecurities

Minority Rights and Liberal Democratic Insecurities
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781000781526
ISBN-13 : 1000781526
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Synopsis Minority Rights and Liberal Democratic Insecurities by : Anna-Mária Bíró

This book addresses the impact of a range of destabilising issues on minority rights in Europe and North America. This collection stems from the fact that liberal democracy did not bring about the “end of history” but rather that the transatlantic region of Europe and North America has encountered a new era of instability, particularly since the global financial crisis. The transatlantic region may have appeared to be entering a period of stability, but terrorist attacks on the soil of Euro-Atlantic states, the financial crisis itself and other changes, including mass migration, the rise of populism, changes in fundamental political conceptions, technological change, and most recently the Covid pandemic, have brought increasing uncertainties and instabilities in existing orders. In these contexts, the book investigates the resulting difficulties and opportunities for minority rights. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines who are engaged in work on various unstable orders, the book provides a unique and largely neglected perspective on present developments as well as addressing the pressing issue of the future of the minority rights regime at global, regional and national levels. This book will appeal to those with interests in minority rights, human rights, nationalism, law and politics.

Equal Recognition, Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy

Equal Recognition, Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9781351624381
ISBN-13 : 1351624385
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Equal Recognition, Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy by : Sergi Morales-Gálvez

Multiculturalism is not à la mode nowadays. It is attacked by both right-wing populists and mainstream politicians and leaders of liberal democracies. Indeed, conflicts surrounding cultural diversity and recognition are among the most salient issues in contemporary societies. Should liberal democracies recognise specific cultural rights of minorities? If so, should they grant rights only to indigenous national minorities or also to immigrants? Is such a recognition compatible with the basic liberal principle of state neutrality? Practical questions of this kind are in quest of sound theoretical foundations. Alan Patten’s approach to multiculturalism, developed in Equal Recognition (2014), is the most recent and prominent example of such an effort. Considered “the most important contribution to the philosophy of cultural diversity since Will Kymlicka’s Multicultural Citizenship”, Patten’s work elaborates new and original conceptions of culture and liberal neutrality. It reasserts the case in favour of liberal multiculturalism and applies its theoretical framework to concrete contemporary issues, such as language rights, federalism, secession, and immigrant integration. This collection presents a critical review of Patten’s approach to cultural plurality. The critics question the overall normative strategy of Equal Recognition, its account of neutrality, especially with regards to language rights, its assumptions about democracy and, finally, its relevance to public policy debates. It will be of interest to political scientists, philosophers, and legal theorists, and will inspire students and politicians alike. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.

Do We Need Minority Rights?

Do We Need Minority Rights?
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9789004479265
ISBN-13 : 9004479260
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Do We Need Minority Rights? by : Juha Raikka

The title of this volume is the critical and provocative question - do we need minority rights? - in order to announce that it does make sense to ask whether there are special obligations to minority protection. The following essays, none of which is published elsewhere, explore several of the many important philosophical questions about minority protection, as well as the practical and judicial problems related to certain answers. The first four essays concern minority rights within the theory of liberalism, while the last four focus on more detailed problems of minority protection.

Democracy and the Limits of Minority Rights

Democracy and the Limits of Minority Rights
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Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 0761996753
ISBN-13 : 9780761996750
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Democracy and the Limits of Minority Rights by : Nalini Rajan

At the start of the 21st century, we are still debating various fundamental issues pertaining to core human values, popularly known as 'human rights'. Constituting an important contribution to the debate, the central purpose of this book is to demonstrate the essential link between human rights and democracy. Nalini Rajan maintains that human rights can flourish only in a state which promotes the democratic value of equal consideration of individual autonomy - i.e., each person's capacity to act independently. Taking up various important issues and concepts like multiculturalism, citizenship, economic rights, and the right to a certain quality of life, Nalini Rajan argues that minority rights are not the only way to counter majoritarianism. She also advocates structural and constitutional changes to render the Indian polity more federal, particularly through devolution and local self-governance.

Equal Recognition

Equal Recognition
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9780691173559
ISBN-13 : 0691173559
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Synopsis Equal Recognition by : Alan Patten

Conflicting claims about culture are a familiar refrain of political life in the contemporary world. On one side, majorities seek to fashion the state in their own image, while on the other, cultural minorities press for greater recognition and accommodation. Theories of liberal democracy are at odds about the merits of these competing claims. Multicultural liberals hold that particular minority rights are a requirement of justice conceived of in a broadly liberal fashion. Critics, in turn, have questioned the motivations, coherence, and normative validity of such defenses of multiculturalism. In Equal Recognition, Alan Patten reasserts the case in favor of liberal multiculturalism by developing a new ethical defense of minority rights. Patten seeks to restate the case for liberal multiculturalism in a form that is responsive to the major concerns of critics. He describes a new, nonessentialist account of culture, and he rehabilitates and reconceptualizes the idea of liberal neutrality and uses this idea to develop a distinctive normative argument for minority rights. The book elaborates and applies its core theoretical framework by exploring several important contexts in which minority rights have been considered, including debates about language rights, secession, and immigrant integration. Demonstrating that traditional, nonmulticultural versions of liberalism are unsatisfactory, Equal Recognition will engage readers interested in connections among liberal democracy, nationalism, and current multicultural issues.

Minorities Within Minorities

Minorities Within Minorities
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 0521603943
ISBN-13 : 9780521603942
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Minorities Within Minorities by : Avigail Eisenberg

Most discussions of multiculturalism and group rights focus on the relationship between the minority and the majority. This volume advances our understanding of minority rights by focusing on conflicts that arise within minority groups and by examining the different sorts of responses that the liberal state might have to these conflicts. Groups around the world are increasingly successful in maintaining or winning autonomy. In light of this trend, a crucial question emerges: what happens to individuals within groups who find that their group discriminates against them? This volume brings together distinguished scholars who examine this question by weaving together normative political theory with case studies drawn from South Africa, the United States, India, Canada, and Britain. Classical liberalism, deliberative democracy, feminism, and associative democracy are among the theoretical frameworks used to offer solutions to the complex set of issues raised by minorities within minorities.

Groups and Group Rights

Groups and Group Rights
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Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39076002075997
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Synopsis Groups and Group Rights by : Christine T. Sistare

In matters such as affirmative action or home schooling, rights of ethnic and other minority groups often come into conflict with those of society in a culturally diverse population such as ours. But before considering the dilemmas posed by these issues, we must first ask such basic but important questions as what group rights are and how they intersect with the principles of democracy. This new collection brings together some of today's leading thinkers from the cutting edge of these debates, taking in a broad range of issues confronting philosophers, sociologists, and political scientists. Contributors such as Carl Wellman, Carol Gould, and Rex Martin examine the nature of groups and the conflict between group rights and democracy and also consider case studies depicting current issues in cultural, ethnic, and religious rights. The first section, on the nature of groups, examines some of the perplexing alternatives in the formulation of a theory of group rights. These articles investigate the kinds of rights minorities might claim and ask when groups can be held responsible for the acts of some of their members. The second section addresses the treatment of groups in a democracy and the precarious balance between indifference toward minorities and capitulation to their demands. Here the contributors examine five principles for the sensitive treatment of minority and disadvantaged groups in a democratic society. A final section explores specific conflicts between subgroup and societal claims through case studies dealing with affirmative action, religious practice and the education of children, and the land rights of indigenous peoples. By drawing on the legal and political dilemmas related to these cases, the authors confront issues of core versus peripheral interests, of individual member versus subgroup rights, and of the possibilities for social openness raised in the preceding sections Written from varied perspectives, Groups and Group Rights offers stimulating reading for both students and professionals as it takes on some of the most pressing dilemmas confronting our society.

Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights

Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights
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ISBN-10 : 0774832886
ISBN-13 : 9780774832885
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights by : R. E. Lowe-Walker

A unique contribution to the literature on minority rights, Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights examines the role of cultural difference in minority rights claims, building a case for inclusive political deliberation in liberal democracies.

Do minority groups have rights? Examining Will Kymlicka's arguments over minority rights

Do minority groups have rights? Examining Will Kymlicka's arguments over minority rights
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Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : 9783668378339
ISBN-13 : 3668378339
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Do minority groups have rights? Examining Will Kymlicka's arguments over minority rights by : Ignas Rekasius

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: A, University of Dundee, course: Theorising Politics, language: English, abstract: From Scottish independence and refugee crisis to the gay liberation movement—numerous ethnic, immigrant and social minority groups began to raise their voices in demand of specific groups rights within a multicultural society today, challenging the libertarian view of nation-building. In this essay, normative issues raised by distinct minority groups, their relation to the processes of modern-day nation-building and various arguments for and against multiculturalism and integration will be discussed. In relation to Will Kymlicka’s debate over minority rights, socialist, feminist and radical multiculturalist critiques will be examined so as to unravel the complexities of ethnocultural justice. Finally, an alternative model for societal group relations will be suggested in favour of both ‘protective’ and ‘polyglot’ multiculturalism.

Minority Rights

Minority Rights
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Publisher : Praeger
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015008296850
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Synopsis Minority Rights by : Jay A. Sigler

The unprecedented mass movement of populations since World War II has increased tensions among groups of people by breaking down the homogeneity of older countries and increasing the fragility of newly independent states encompassing several minorities within their borders. These changes, according to author Jay Sigler, dictate the necessity of clarifying human and minority rights. He highlights the main points of minority rights, traces their history, and demonstrates their distinctly modern features. Sigler considers the theoretical implications of minority versus individual and collective rights and examines the efforts in this area made by the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Finally, he proposes his own provisional theory of minority rights.