Multiculturalism, Liberalism and Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Rajeev Bhargava is Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi; Amiya Kumar Bagchi is Professor of Economics and Director, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata; R. Sudarshan is Governance Adviser, Regional Centre, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bangkok. Klappentext This book challenges the notion of a unicultural polity but at the same time does not accept multiculturalism uncritically. It draws upon resources from liberalism! republicanism! and democratic theory to resolve them. Zusammenfassung The last few decades have witnessed a shift towards a more balanced view in political theory and social science, one that acknowledges the cultural dimension of politics an the political dimension of culture. The essays in this volume reflect this shift by bringing together a number if interrelated themes of the multicultural perspective, such as the need for a stable identity; the link between identity, recognition and cultural community; the importance of belonging and cultural particularity. Significant questions are raised and discussed: What does it mean to recognize cultural communities? Does recognition entail subsidies from the state? Should every culture be publicly recognized? How can multiculturalism be prevented from being hierarchical and authoritarian? Can it be made liberal and democratic? Can the presence of different cultures within one political order be trouble free or will it always be conflict ridden?

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• Authors: Rajeev Bhargava, Rajeev Bagchi Bhargava
• Assisted by: Amiya Kumar Bagchi (Editor), Amiya Kumar ( Bagchi (Editor), Amiya Kumar (Professor of Economics and Director Bagchi (Editor), Rajeev Bhargava (Editor), Rajeev ( Bhargava (Editor), Rajeev (Senior Fellow Bhargava (Editor), R. Sudarshan (Editor), R. ( Sudarshan (Editor), R. (Governance Adviser Sudarshan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780195692983
• ISBN: 978-0-19-569298-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History