Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism: Liberalism, Culture and Coercion - Softcover

Cohen-Almagor, Raphael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108469833 ISBN 13: 9781108469838

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

This book explores the main challenges against multiculturalism. It aims to examine whether liberalism and multiculturalism are reconcilable, and what are the limits of liberal democratic interventions in illiberal affairs of minority cultures within democracy. In the process, this book addresses three questions: whether multiculturalism is bad for democracy, whether multiculturalism is bad for women, and whether multiculturalism contributes to terrorism. Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism argues that liberalism and multiculturalism are reconcilable if a fair balance is struck between individual rights and group rights. Raphael Cohen-Almagor contends that reasonable multiculturalism can be achieved via mechanisms of deliberate democracy, compromise and, when necessary, coercion. Placing necessary checks on groups that discriminate against vulnerable third parties, the approach insists on the protection of basic human rights as well as on exit rights for individuals if and when they wish to leave their cultural groups.

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About the Author

Raphael Cohen-Almagor is Professor and Chair in Politics, and Founding Director of the Middle East Study Group at the University of Hull. He has held teaching positions at Jerusalem, Haifa, UCLA, and Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he was Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College London. He is the author of many books, most recently Confronting the Internet's Dark Side (2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108469833
• ISBN 13: 9781108469838
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396