Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States [Hardcover]

Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal Statesexplores the challenges that culturally plural liberal states face when they hold competing political commitments to cultural rights and sexual equality, and advances an argument for resolving such dilemmas through democratic dialogue and negotiation. Exploring recent examples of gendered cultural conflicts in South Africa, Canada, and Britain, this book shows that there is an urgent need for workable strategies to mediate the antagonisms between the cultural practices and arrangements of certain ethno-cultural and religious groups and the norms and constitutional rights endorsed by liberal states.

1. Introduction
2. Liberal Approaches to Conflicts of Culture
3. Women's Rights as Human Rights
4. Deliberative Democracy: Empowering Cultural Communities
5. Native Rights and Liberal Sex Equlaity: the Case of Canada
6. Personal Autonomy and Cultural Tradition
7. Gender and Cultural Justice in South Africa
8. Conclusion: Legitimizing Democracy and Democratizing Legitimacy

Deveaux's book is a breath of fresh air-it combines a theory-based approach with high-quality empirical research from several locations around the world. The book is at its best when describing issues of gender justice in diverse areas-Canada, South Africa, and Great Britain...[and is] likely to provoke debate about its theoretical implications while providing useful case studies. --CHOICE

Monique Deveauxis Associate Professor of Political Science at Williams College, where she teaches courses in contemporary political theory and the history of political thought. She is the author of Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice (Cornell University Press, 2000), a co-editor of Sexual/Cultural Justice: Critical Perspectives in Political Theory and Practice (forthcoming, Routledge), and author of articles on topics ranging from cultural toleration to feminist moral theory in sl'