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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450338603321

Titolo

Citizenship in diverse societies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Will Kymlicka and Wayne Norman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-160294-9

9786611943875

1-281-94387-8

0-19-152266-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KymlickaWill

NormanW. J

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Minorities - Civil rights

Ethnic groups - Civil rights

Representative government and representation

Citizenship

Multiculturalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-433) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Citizenship in Culturally Diverse Societies: Issues, Contexts, Concepts""; ""I: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY""; ""2. Discrimination and Religious Schooling""; ""3. Extending Diversity: Religion in Public and Private Education""; ""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 Group Representation and Deliberative Democracy""

""III: IMMIGRATION, IDENTITY, AND MULTICULTURALISM""""6. Cultural Identity and Civic Responsibility""; ""7. Anti-Essentialism, Multiculturalism, and the 'Recognition' of Religious Groups""; ""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""; ""V: LANGUAGE RIGHTS""; ""10. Official-Language Rights: Intrinsic Value and the Protection of Difference""; ""11. Citizenship and Official Bilingualism in Canada""

""VI: THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES""""12. Three Modes of Incorporating Indigenous Law""; ""13. 'Landed' Citizenship: Narratives of Aboriginal Political Participation""; ""VII: FEDERALISM AND NATIONALISM""; ""14. Sustainable Federalism, Democratization, and Distributive Justice""; ""15. Why Stay Together? A Pluralist Approach to Secession and Federation""; ""Further Reading""; ""List of References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

Is it possible to promote common bonds of citizenship while accommodating ethnocultural diversity? This work examines points of conflict & convergence between concerns for citizenship & diversity in democracies, reassessing & refining theories.