Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism

Name: Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism
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ISBN: 9780521697590

ISBN-10: 052169759X

ISBN-13: 9780521697590

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sarah Song

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Justice, Gender and the Politics of Multiculturalism explores the tensions that arise when culturally diverse democratic states pursue both justice for religious and cultural minorities and justice for women. Sarah Song provides a distinctive argument about the circumstances under which egalitarian justice requires special accommodations for cultural minorities while emphasizing the value of gender equality as an important limit on cultural accommodation. Drawing on detailed case studies of gendered cultural conflicts, including conflicts over the 'cultural defense' in criminal law, aboriginal membership rules and polygamy, Song offers a fresh perspective on multicultural politics by…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.90" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Sarah Song is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has won several prizes and awards for her work including the Best Dissertation Award by the American Political Science Association Women and Politics Section in 2004.



Acknowledgments



Introduction


The problem of internal minorities


Reframing the debate


Justice and the claims of culture


Outline of the book






The concept of culture in political theory


Culture as an "irreducibly social good"


Culture as a "primary good"


The structure of identity


The constructivist challenge



Justice and multiculturalism: an egalitarian argument for cultural accommodation


Why equality?


Rights-respecting accommodationism


Present discrimination


Historical injustice


State establishment of culture


The role of deliberation






The "cultural defense" in American criminal law


"Marriage by capture" and the law of rape


"Wife murder" and the doctrine of provocation


A qualified defense of the "cultural defense"


Potential boomerang effects


Conclusion



Tribal sovereignty and the Santa Clara Pueblo case


Tribal sovereignty and gendered rules of tribal membership


The state's role in the politics of tradition formation


Intercultural congruence and the accommodation of tribal practices


The limits of tribal sovereignty



Polygamy in America


The rise and fall of Mormon polygamy


The antipolygamy movement and the diversionary effect


Mormon polygamy today


A case for qualified recognition


Conclusion



Epilogue


References


Index