Minorities within Minorities
Equality, Rights and Diversity

Distinguished scholars examine the balance between group autonomy and individual rights in this edited volume.

Avigail Eisenberg (Edited by), Jeff Spinner-Halev (Edited by)

9780521603942, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 January 2005

404 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.64 kg

"...a valuable and much welcomed contribution to studies in contemporary phenomenology and Husserl scholarship." --Christopher McTavish, Loyola University of Chicago: Philosophy in Review

Most discussions of multiculturalism and group rights focus on the relationship between the minority and the majority. This volume advances our understanding of minority rights by focusing on conflicts that arise within minority groups and by examining the different sorts of responses that the liberal state might have to these conflicts. Groups around the world are increasingly successful in maintaining or winning autonomy. In light of this trend, a crucial question emerges: what happens to individuals within groups who find that their group discriminates against them? This volume brings together distinguished scholars who examine this question by weaving together normative political theory with case studies drawn from South Africa, the United States, India, Canada, and Britain. Classical liberalism, deliberative democracy, feminism, and associative democracy are among the theoretical frameworks used to offer solutions to the complex set of issues raised by minorities within minorities.

Introduction Avigail Eisenberg and Jeff Spinner-Halev
Part I. Toleration: 1. Tolerable liberalism Melissa S. Williams
2. A liberalism of conscience Lucas Swaine
Part II. Equality: 3. Multiculturalism and feminism: no simple question, no simple answers Susan Moller Okin
4. Can intra-group equality co-exist with cultural diversity?: re-examining multicultural frameworks of accommodation Gurpreet Mahajan
5. Gender versus culture: not always a deep disagreement Anne Phillips
6. The rights of internal linguistic minorities Alan Patten
Part III. Individual Autonomy: 7. Autonomy, association and pluralism Jeff Spinner-Halev
8. Sexual orientation, exit and refuge Jacob T. Levy
9. On exit Oonagh Reitman
10. Exit 'exit rights': reframing the debate Daniel M. Weinstock
Part IV. Self-Determination: 12. Identity and liberal politics: the problem of minorities within minorities Avigail Eisenberg
13. Internal minorities and indigenous self-determination Margaret Moore
14. Self-determination as a basic human right: the draft UN Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples Cindy Holder
Part V. Democracy: 15. Associative democracy and minorities within minorities Veit Bader
16. A deliberative approach to conflicts of culture Monique Deveaux.

Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA], Anthropology [JHM], Social theory [JHBA], Ethnic studies [JFSL], Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]