In this Book
- Ethnicity and Group Rights: Nomos XXXIX
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: NYU Press
Within Western political philosophy, the rights of groups has often been neglected or addressed in only the narrowest fashion. Focusing solely on whether rights are exercised by individuals or groups misses what lies at the heart of ethnocultural conflict, leaving the crucial question unanswered: can the familiar system of common citizenship rights within liberal democracies sufficiently accommodate the legitimate interests of ethnic citizens.
Specifically, how does membership in an ethnic group differ from other groups, such as professional, lifestyle, or advocacy groups? How important is ethnicity to personal identity and self-respect, and does accommodating these interests require more than standard citizenship rights? Crucially, what forms of ethnocultural accommodations are consistent with democratic equality, individual freedom, and political stability? Invoking numerous cases studies and addressing the issue of ethnicity from a range of perspectives, Ethnicity and Group Rights seeks to answer these questions.
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- pp. xiii-xiv
- PART I: MEANINGS OF ETHNICITY AND GROUP RIGHTS
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 3-21
- 2. Classifying Cultural Rights
- pp. 22-66
- PART II: THE IDEA OF TOLERATION
- 3. Cultural Toleration
- pp. 69-104
- 4. Response to Kukathas
- pp. 105-111
- 6. The Idea of Nonliberal Constitutionalism
- pp. 154-184
- PART III: THE NORMATIVE STATUS OF ETHNICITY
- 7. Group Rights and Ethnicity
- pp. 187-221
- PART IV: GROUP RIGHTS AND GROUP AGENCY
- 9. Group Agency and Group Rights
- pp. 235-256
- PART V: GROUP REPRESENTATION
- 12. Deferring Group Representation
- pp. 349-376
- PART VI: DYNAMICS OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION