Diversity and Equality: The Changing Framework of Freedom in CanadaAvigail Eisenberg The tension between diversity and equality is central to debates about multiculturalism, self-determination, identity, and pluralism. How, for example, can the claims of ethnic and religious groups be respected when they conflict with individual rights and liberal equality? Diversity and Equality critically examines the challenge of protecting rights in diverse societies such as Canada. It develops new approaches in philosophy, law, politics, and anthropology to address the goals and problems associated with cultural, religious, and national minority rights. The contributors to this volume explore the conflicts between group demands for cultural autonomy and individual assertions of basic interests. At stake in these debates about rights and autonomy in multicultural and multinational democracies is the very meaning of freedom. |
Contents
New Approaches to Freedom in Canada | 1 |
Towards a Dialogical Approach | 15 |
Canadas Distinctive Culture Test | 34 |
3 The Imperative of Culture in a Colonial and de facto Polity | 54 |
4 Culture as a Basic Human Right | 78 |
5 The Misuse of Culture by the Supreme Court of Canada | 97 |
Towards a Feminist Response to Cultural Claims in Law | 114 |
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Diversity and Equality: The Changing Framework of Freedom in Canada Avigail Eisenberg No preview available - 2007 |
Diversity and Equality: The Changing Framework of Freedom in Canada Avigail I. Eisenberg No preview available - 2006 |
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