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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779924803321

Autore

Mason Andrew <1959->

Titolo

Community, solidarity, and belonging : levels of community and their normative significance / / Andrew Mason [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11560-4

0-511-05100-X

0-521-63129-7

0-511-49030-5

0-511-15195-0

1-280-43221-7

0-511-31089-7

0-511-17300-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

307

Soggetti

Communities

Communities - Political aspects

Cultural pluralism

Nation-state

Internationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; pt. I. Community and its value. ; 1. The nature of community. ; 2. The value of community -- ; pt. 2. Political community in a culturally diverse society. ; 3. Liberal political community and illiberal minorities. ; 4. Republican political community. ; 5. National community: the benefits of a sense of belonging together. ; 6. Multicultural education for an inclusive political community -- ; pt. 3. Political community and the limits of global community. ; 7. The ideal of global community and the principle of non-intervention. ; 8. Political communities, global solidarity and the state system.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the frequency with which the term 'community' is used, it is hard to find any comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of



community. This book tries to remedy this omission whilst taking seriously the idea that community can be of different kinds and can exist at different levels, and that these levels and kinds may come into conflict with one another. It focuses on the question of what kind of community is valuable at the level of the state. It then explores the limits that ideals of political community place upon cultural diversity within the state, and the limits that, in turn, ideals of global community place upon the self-determination of political communities. This book will be of interest to students of political theory, philosophy and international relations.