Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights - Hardcover

Lowe-Walker, R.E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774832843 ISBN 13: 9780774832847

Publisher: UBC Press, 2018

Synopsis

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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About the Author

R. E. Lowe-Walker is lecturer in philosophy at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia.

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774832843
• ISBN 13: 9780774832847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236