Sexual Justice / Cultural Justice: Critical Perspectives in Political Theory and Practice: 23 (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415770920 ISBN 13: 9780415770927

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This key volume explores the relationship between cultural justice and sexual justice in multicultural societies in a new light. The authors challenge the framing of ‘feminism and multiculturalism’ as one of inevitable conflict, as well as the portrayal of liberal sexual equality and cultural rights as irreconcilable, moving the debate beyond the culture/gender impasse.

Focusing on three theoretical themes from a feminist perspective:

• the meaning and role of culture and identity in politics
• the problem of autonomy in relation to culture and identity
• the crucial role of democracy in addressing the theoretical and practical problems raised by this set of issues.

The diverse contributors break new theoretical ground by providing detailed engagement with the concrete experiences of women and minorities who are caught in the dilemmas of gender and cultural justice. The collected chapters address sexual/cultural justice in a range of different countries, offering illuminating case studies on Britain, South Africa, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, Mexico, and the United States.

Sexual Justice / Cultural Justice will be of strong interest to students and researchers working in the areas of gender and feminist theory, politics, law, philosophy and sociology.

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University of British Columbia, Canada Williams College, Massachusetts, USA University of Alberta, Canada University of Victoria, Canada

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415770920
• ISBN 13: 9780415770927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248
• Editor: Arneil Barbara, Deveaux Monique, Dhamoon Rita, Eisenberg Avigail