Author : R.E. Lowe-Walker
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774832878
Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights by R.E. Lowe-Walker Pdf
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.