Group rights as human rights a liberal approach to mulitculturalism /
Liberal theories have insisted that cultural diversity in democratic societies can be accommodated through classical liberal tools, and they have often rejected the claims of cultural minorities for group rights as illiberal. This book argues that such a rejection is misguided.
| Main Author: | Torbisco Casals, Neus. |
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| Other Authors: | Joint International Law Program. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht :
Springer,
2006.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) |
| Series: |
Law and philosophy library ;
v. 75. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Cultural Minorities and Group Rights: Contested Concepts; Towards an Alternative Notion of Group Rights; Understanding Multiculturalism: Which Groups Qualify; Tolerance, Neutrality and Group Rights; On the Relevance of Cultural Belonging: Group Rights as Instrumental Rights and as Fundamental Rights; Multiculturalism, Ethnic Minorities and the Limits of Cultural Diversity.