Political Science History & Theory
Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2018
- Category
- History & Theory, Discrimination & Race Relations
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774832847
- Publish Date
- Jan 2018
- List Price
- $75.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774832878
- Publish Date
- Jan 2018
- List Price
- $32.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774832854
- Publish Date
- Sep 2018
- List Price
- $32.95
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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.
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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.