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Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights

by (author) R.E. Lowe-Walker

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2018
Subjects
History & Theory, Discrimination & Race Relations
Categories
About indigenous people or experiences
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774832878
    Publish Date
    Jan 2018
    List Price
    $24.99

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Description

Achieving socio-political cohesion in a community with significant ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity is a challenge in contemporary liberal democracies. Public policies and institutions shaped by the needs of the majority can inadvertently marginalize minority interests. Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights articulates a type of political deliberation designed to mitigate this problem. Instead of asking what the liberal state can tolerate, R.E. Lowe-Walker asks how our understanding of difference affects our interpretation of minority claims, shifting the focus toward inclusive deliberations. This important work serves as a measure of social justice and a vehicle for social change.

About the author

Contributor Notes

R.E. Lowe-Walker lectures in social and political philosophy at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia. Her research interests focus on the challenges of pluralism in liberal democracies.