The Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism

Duncan Ivison

ISBN 10: 0754671364 / ISBN 13: 9780754671367

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug 2010, 2010

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Neuware - Includes chapters that deal with the issues facing multiculturalism. This book presents an account of the theories and critiques of multiculturalism, how they have developed over the years, as well as a sense of the future of multiculturalism and the challenges it faces. It shows how multiculturalism has been debated within various disciplines.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754671364
• ISBN 13: 9780754671367
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 251W x 175H x 29D millimeters 251 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 725 grams

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Synopsis

The Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism brings together a collection of new essays by leading and emerging scholars in the humanities and social sciences on some of the key issues facing multiculturalism today. It provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge treatment of this important and hotly contested field, offering scholars and students a clear account of the leading theories and critiques of multiculturalism that have developed over the past twenty-five years, as well as a sense of the challenges facing multiculturalism in the future. Key leading scholars, including James Bohman, Barbara Arneil, Avigail Eisenberg, Ghassan Hage, and Paul Patton, discuss multiculturalism in different cultural and national contexts and across a range of disciplinary approaches. In addition to contributions, Duncan Ivison also provides a comprehensive Introduction which surveys the field and offers an extensive guide to further reading. This is a key volume for anyone interested in multiculturalism and its political premise.

About the Author

Duncan Ivison is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published widely and is the author of 'The Self at Liberty' (1997), 'Postcolonial Liberalism' (2002) and co-editor of 'Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' (2000).