Rights of Minority Cultures

Name: Rights of Minority Cultures
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ISBN: 9780198781011

ISBN-10: 0198781016

ISBN-13: 9780198781011

Edition: 1995

Authors: Will Kymlicka

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This volume collects together the most important contemporary articles on the rights of minority cultures. While drawing on particular case studies, the articles focus on the more general theoretical and normative issues raised by the accommodation of cultural differences. The authors represented in this volume come from a variety of countries and disciplines, and reflect a wide range of opinion. The book explores the nature and value of cultural membership, models of cultural pluralism, individual and group rights, minority representation, immigration, and secession. A new and substantial essay by Will Kymlicka outlines the major issues and perspectives raised in the articles, and places…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/23/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Introduction




Historical Background



The Individual, the State, and Ethnic Communities in Political Theory




Marx, Engels, and the National Question




Cultural Membership



National Self-Determination




Minority Cultures and Cosmopolitan Alternative




Forms of Cultural Pluralism



Individual Rights Against Group Rights




Together in Difference: Transforming Logic of Group Political Conflict




Individual Rights and Group Rights



Native Rights as Collective Rights: A Question of Group Self-Preservation




Confusion Regarding Rights




Are There Any Cultural Rights?




Internal Minorities and Their Rights




Minority Cultures and Democratic Theory



Self Determination versus Pre-Determination of Ethnic Minorities in Power-Sharing Systems




Democracy and Difference: Some Problems for Feminist Theory




Controversies



The Rushdie Affair: Research Agenda for Political Philosophy




The Capacity of International Law to Advance Ethnic or Nationality Rights Claims




Aliens and Citizens: The Case for Open Borders




The Mortality of Succession