Can Liberal Pluralism Be Exported? - Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe

Many post-communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are being encouraged and indeed pressured by Western countries to improve their treatment of ethnic and national minorities, and to adopt Western models of minority rights. But what are these Western models, and will they work in Eastern Europe? In the first half of this volume, Will Kymlicka describes a model of 'liberal pluralism' which has gradually emerged in most Western democracies, and discusses what would be involved in adopting it in Eastern Europe. This is followed by 15 commentaries from people actively involved in minority rights issues in the region, as practitioners or academics, and by Kymlicka's reply. This volume will be ofinterest to anyone concerned with ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe, and with the more general question of whether Western liberal values can or should be promoted in the rest of the world.

Summary

Many post-communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are being encouraged to improve their treatment of ethnic and national minorities, and to adopt Western models of minority rights. This text these models and whether they if work in in Eastern Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Will Kymlicka, Will Opalski Kymlicka, Will Kymlika
• Assisted by: Will Kymlicka (Editor), Kymlicka Will (Editor), Magda Opalski (Editor), Magdalena Opalski (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2001
• EAN: 9780199248155
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924815-5
• No. of pages: 458
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politikwissenschaft, Osteuropa, Mitteleuropa, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Regionalstudien, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Central Europe, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Regional / International studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political science and theory, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet