Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice

Monique Deveaux

Published by Cornell University Press 2000

Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice

Monique Deveaux

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501723759

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How should democratic societies define justice for cultural minority groups, and how might such justice be secured? This book is a nuanced and judicious response to a critical issue in political theory—the challenge of according equal respect and...

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Monique Deveaux is Associate Professor of Political Science at Williams College.

Reviews

Alice Hearst, Smith College:

This is a pithy little book, and Deveaux's analysis of how existing models of liberalism and democracy fail to secure rich cultural pluralism is enlightening.

The writing style is very sophisicated.... The text appears to have been well edited and contains a large and useful bibliography. Recommended for graduate and faculty collections.

J. Donald Moon, Wesleyan University:

Sensitive, judicious, and nuanced, this book possesses the virtues that a politics committed to the accommodation of difference requires. Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice is an important and accessible contribution to one of the most important and hotly debated issues in political theory today.

Daniel M. Weinstock, University of Montreal:

Monique Deveaux's principal claims in this extremely clear and well-written book is that if modern liberal democracies are to do justice to the claims of minority cultural groups in their midst, they are going to have to be much more democratic, and perhaps somewhat less liberal, than they have heretofore been.

James Tully, University of Victoria:

Monique Deveaux has written a defining text of the emerging, second generation of scholars who reflect critically on the recognition and accommodation of cultural pluralism in liberal democracies. Her account of 'deliberative democracy' is cutting-edge work that will help to initiate a new phase in the debate.

James Bohman:

Debates about cultural pluralism have dominated democratic theory in the last decades.... Monique Deveaux offers us a comprehensive assessment of these debates, considering proponents of liberal toleration, liberal perectionists such as Kymlicka and Raz, deliberative democrats such as Young and Benhabib, as well as offering her own deliberative brand of liberalism. Her discussion of these arguments is judicious and subtle.... One of the merits of Deveaux's reconstruction of the debates about cultural pluralism is to show that a tolerant, respectful and multiperspectival polity needs to develop institutions that express robust normative commitments to respect and equality.

Ruling Barragan Yanez:

Based on her own experiences as a citizen of Canada, a country in which cultural minorities play an important role in social and political issues, Monique Deveaux's Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice stands as a relevent work in the field of political science.... Deveaux's ideas seem to be fair and well-argued, positing deliberative liberalism as a viable alternative to traditional liberal theories.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Difference and Diversity in Liberal and Democratic Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
2. Toleration and Respect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
3. Neutrality, Justice, and Cultural Diversity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
4. Cultural Pluralism from Liberal Perfectionist Premises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
5. Deliberative Democracy: A Theory of Pluralism and Inclusion? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
6. Toward a Deliberative Liberalism? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
7. The Dilemma of Cultural Diversity in Political Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: October 18, 2018
ISBN: 9781501723759