Introduction: An Emerging Consensus?
This paper is an introduction to a special issue on “Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Liberal Democracy”. It attempts to describe the state of the debate on issues of multiculturalism and nationalism within liberal-democratic theory. I suggest that there may be an emerging consensus on “liberal cul...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1998
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 1998, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-157 |
| Further subjects: | B
Multiculturalism
B Nationalism B minority rights B ethic groups B Citizenship B Liberalism |
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| Summary: | This paper is an introduction to a special issue on “Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Liberal Democracy”. It attempts to describe the state of the debate on issues of multiculturalism and nationalism within liberal-democratic theory. I suggest that there may be an emerging consensus on “liberal culturalism” – the view that certain group-specific rights or policies aimed at recognizing or accommodating ethnic and national groups are legitimate so long as they operate within certain constraints of liberal justice. I explore the possible reasons for this emerging consensus (including the lack of clear alternatives), and conclude with some suggestions about the likely avenues for future research in this area. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1009986723807 |