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Reasons of identity : a normative guide to the political and legal assessment of identity claims

Title
Reasons of identity : a normative guide to the political and legal assessment of identity claims / Avigail Eisenberg.
Author
Eisenberg, Avigail I., 1962-
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Description
x, 186 pages; 24 cm
Summary
The current legal and political context is more congenial than ever to considering claims made by minorities for the protection of some aspect of their identity. This book argues that multicultural societies depend for their success on having courts and legislatures which are capable of assessing these identity claims fairly.
Subject
  • Multiculturalism > Political aspects
  • Multiculturalism > Law and legislation
  • Minorities
  • Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Minorities > Civil rights
  • Minderheit
  • Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
  • Identität
  • Identity
  • Multicultural society
  • Cultural diversity
  • Politics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The identity approach: public decision making in diverse societies -- Multiculturalism, identity quietism, and identity scepticism -- Diversity and sexual equality: the challenge of incommensurability -- Religious identity and the problem of authenticity -- Indigenous identity claims: the perils of essentialism and domestication -- Conclusion: reasons of identity.
ISBN
  • 9780199291304
  • 0199291306
  • 9780199604425
  • 0199604428
LCCN
2009935884
OCLC
  • ocn313664958
  • 313664958
  • SCSB-8807342
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library