Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism

Published by Berghahn Books 2008

Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism

Edited by: Geoffrey Brahm Levey

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450296

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About this book

Multiculturalism has been one of the dominant concerns in political theory over the last decade. To date, this inquiry has been mostly informed by, or applied to, the Canadian, American, and increasingly, the European contexts. This volume explores for the first time how the Australian experience both relates and contributes to political thought on multiculturalism. Focusing on whether a multicultural regime undermines political integration, social solidarity, and national identity, the authors draw on the Australian case to critically examine the challenges, possibilities, and limits of multiculturalism as a governing idea in liberal democracies. These essays by distinguished Australian scholars variously treat the relation between liberalism and diversity, democracy and diversity, culture and rights, and evaluate whether Australia’s thirty-year experiment in liberal multiculturalism should be viewed as a successful model.

Author / Editor information

Geoffrey Brahm Levey is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in political science at the University of New South Wales, where he was founding director of the Program in Jewish Studies. He is co-editor of Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship (with Tariq Modood, 2008) and Jews and Australian Politics (with Philip Mendes, 2004).

Reviews

“The book deserves the attention of all those who wish to see the standard questions in the Anglo-American theory of multiculturalism debated from an Australian perspective, against the background of its distinctive history, demography, and party politics.” · Nationalities Papers

"It is certainly the best and most serious book on Australian multiculturalism ever published." · James Jupp, Director of the Centre for Immigration & Multicultural Studies, Australian National University

"What strikes the reader straight away is the quality of the contributors coming from a range of disciplines both within and beyond political theory and the organisation of the text itself. Overall, Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism is a valuable contribution to understanding Australia's unique experience of multiculturalism in international context and goes a long way to awakening debates about multiculturalism in political theory and other disciplines." · Australian Journal of Political Science

“All of the essays are thoughtful and well written. Taken together, they provide a helpful overview of the intellectual milieu within which Australian multiculturalism has arisen and evolved.” · International Migration & Integration

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Chapter 1 Multicultural Political Thought in Australian Perspective Geoffrey Brahm Levey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Liberalism and Diversity
Chapter 2 Anarcho-Multiculturalism: The Pure Theory of Liberalism Chandran Kukathas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter 3 Multiculturalism: A Value-Pluralist Approach George Crowder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Chapter 4 Liberal Nationalism and the Multicultural State John Kane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 5 “Something That Deserves Our Admiration and Respect” Barry Hindess Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Part II Democracy and Diversity
Chapter 6 Three Images of the Citizenry Philip Pettit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Chapter 7 “Civicity” and Multiculturalism A Comment on Pettit Martin Krygier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter 8 Multiculturalism and Resentment Duncan Ivison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Part III Community, Culture, and Rights
Chapter 9 Conflicting Imaginaries in Australian Multiculturalism Women’s Rights, Group Rights, and Aboriginal Customary Law Moira Gatens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 10 Loyalty and Membership Globalization and Its Impact on Citizenship, Multiculturalism, and the Australian Community Kim Rubenstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Chapter 11 Multiculturalism and Migration Law Arthur Glass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Part IV Australian Multiculturalism: Success or Failure?
Chapter 12 Multiculturalism, National Identity, and Pluralist Democracy: The Australian Variant Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Chapter 13 A Pragmatic Response to a Novel Situation: Australian Multiculturalism James Jupp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Chapter 14 Is Australian Multiculturalism in Crisis? A Comment on Galligan and Roberts and on Jupp Maria R. Markus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Chapter 15 Multiculturalism and Australian National Identity Geoffrey Brahm Levey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Keywords: Refugee and Migration Studies; Political and Economic Anthropology

eBook

Published: June 1, 2008
ISBN: 9780857450296