
Citizenship in Diverse Societies
Oxford University Press
Published on 16. March 2000
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-0-19-829644-7 (ISBN)
Description
Is it possible, in a modern, pluralistic society, to promote common bonds of citizenship while at the same time accommodating and showing respect for ethnocultural diversity? 'Citizenship' and 'diversity' have been two of the major topics of debate in both democratic politics and political theory over the past decade. Much has been written about the importance of citizenship, civic identities, and civic virtues for the functioning of liberal democracies, and the need to accommodate the ethnocultural, linguistic, and religious pluralism that is a fact of life in most modern states. By and large, however, these two topics have been largely discussed in mutual isolation. Much of the writing on the issues of both citizenship and diversity remains rather abstract and general and disconnected from the specific issues of public policy and institutional design.
Citizenship in Diverse Societies examines the specific points of conflict and convergence between concerns for citizenship and diversity in democratic societies and reassesses and refines existing theories of 'diverse citizenship' by examining these theories in the light of actual practices and policies of pluralistic democracies.
Citizenship in Diverse Societies examines the specific points of conflict and convergence between concerns for citizenship and diversity in democratic societies and reassesses and refines existing theories of 'diverse citizenship' by examining these theories in the light of actual practices and policies of pluralistic democracies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
851 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-829644-7 (9780198296447)
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Editor
Queen's National Scholar, Department of PhilosophyQueen's National Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University Canada
Associate Professor, Centre for Applied EthicsAssociate Professor, Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia
Content
1. Citizenship in Diverse Societies: an introduction ; PART I: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY ; 2. Discrimination and Religious Schooling ; 3. Extending Diversity: Religion in Public and Private Education ; PART II: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND GROUP REPRESENTATION ; 4. What Does a Representative Do? Descriptive Representation in Communicative Settings of Distrust, Uncrystallized Interests, and Historically Denigrated Status ; 5. The Uneasy Alliance of Deliberative Democracy and Group Representation ; PART III: IMMIGRATION, IDENTITY AND MULTICULTURALISM ; 6. Cultural Identity and Civic Responsibility ; 7. Anti-Essentialism, Multiculturalism and the Recognition of Religious Groups ; PART IV: GENDER AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY ; 8. Should Church and State be Joined at the Altar: Women's Rights and the Multicultural Dilemma ; 9. Female Autonomy and Cultural Imperative: Two Hearts Beating Together ; PART V: LANGUAGE RIGHTS ; 10. Official Language Rights: Intrinsic Value and the Protection of Difference ; 11. Citizenship and Official Bilingualism in Canada ; PART VI: THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ; 12. Three Modes of Incorporating Indigenous Law ; 13. Landed Citizenship: Narratives of Aboriginal Political Participation ; PART VII: FEDERALISM AND NATIONALISM ; 14. Sustainable Federalism, Democratisation and Distributive Justice ; 15. Why Stay Together: A Pluralist Approach to Secession and Federation