Citizenship in Diverse Societies [Paperback]

Will Kymlicka (Editor), Wayne Norman (Editor)

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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Mar 16 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 019829770X
ISBN-13: 978-0198297703
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 699 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #400,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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`this is a high-quality collection' Ross Poole, Radical Philosophy 107 (May/June2001)

`The editors' introduction provides an excellent survey of the current state of play within Anglophone political philosophy' Ross Poole, Radical Philosophy 107 (May/June 2001)

`This collection is of uniformly high quality.' E.R.Gill, Choice, March 2001 Vol. 38, No. 07.

`I would recommend this book as a stimulating and worthy addition to an expanding literature, and would especially recommend it to those who already accept the case for group rights.' Philip Parvin, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1

`This book contains fourteen essays written by some of the best and most thought-provoking writers on this subject, as well as an extended introduction that places these essays in the context of the wider debate.' Philip Parvin, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1

`this collection represents an invaluable contribution to this literature' Philip Parvin, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1

`this is a good book with which to agree and disagree.' Jean Laponce, Canadian Rev. of Studies in Nationalism, XXVII, 2000.

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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 also about 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 concrete 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.

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The last ten years have witnessed a remarkable upsurge of interest in two topics amongst political philosophers: the rights and status of ethnocultural minorities in multi-ethnic societies (the 'minority rights-multiculturalism' debate), and the virtues, practices, and responsibilities of democratic citizenship (the 'citizenship-civic virtue' debate). Read the first page

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