The Rights of Minority Cultures [Paperback]

This volume collects together the most important contemporary articles on the rights of minority cultures. While drawing on particular case studies, the articles focus on the more general theoretical and normative issues raised by the accommodation of cultural differences. The authors represented in this volume come from a variety of countries and disciplines, and reflect a wide range of opinion. The book explores the nature and value of cultural membership, models of cultural pluralism, individual and group rights, minority representation, immigration, and secession. A new and substantial essay by Will Kymlicka outlines the major issues and perspectives raised in the articles, and places them in the context of contemporary debates in political theory. The volume also includes a guide to further reading for students and researchers working in the field. Compiled by the leading political philosopher of his generation, Will Kymlicka'sRights of Minority Cultureswill be of great interest to scholars of political theory, political philosophy, policy studies, ethnic studies, and law.

Presents sixteen essays representative of the debate, with an introduction and a very useful guide to further reading by Kymlicka. It is the first such reader of the new debate to become available and will be an essential resource for those new to the topic and to student courses that have sprung up and will proliferate. --Tariq Modood, Political Quarterly This book...is sorely needed in the literature and provides a brilliant examination of the diverse issues involving ethnocultural and multicultural groups in our Western democracies. --Subhas Ramcharan, Canadian Public Policy This collection of essays has been brought together by the distinguished political theorist Will Kymlicka, to promote better theoretical understanding of the issues underlying the recent upsurge in ethnic and national consciousness and conflict. --Patrick Thornberry, International(