Citizenship in diverse societies / / edited by Will Kymlicka and Wayne Norman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807933403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-160294-9; 9786611943875; 1-281-94387-8; 0-19-152266-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 444 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): KymlickaWill; NormanW. J
• Disciplina: 338.9; 323.6
• Soggetti: Minorities - Civil rights; Ethnic groups - Civil rights; Representative government and representation; Citizenship; Multiculturalism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-433) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.