The Plural States of Recognition - (Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship) by Michel Seymour (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Multiculturalism has been for years an issue of concern. But in recent years, it has also been at the forefront of political debates. Various types of multiculturalist policies have been proposed and criticised. Should persons, cultural groups and peoples be recognized in their various cultural practices, including religion and ethnic identity?"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Critical reflections by established academics on the crisis of multiculturalism that occurred in Great Britain, Netherlands and Canada. It provides an occasion to develop a sophisticated understanding of societies characterized by religious, ethnic and cultural diversity.

About the Author

RAJEEV BHARGAVA Senior Fellow and Director of the Programme of Social and Political Theory at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in Delhi, India AVIGAIL EISENBERG Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and a Faculty Associate in the Indigenous Governance program at the University of Victoria, Canada ANNA ELISABETTA GALEOTTI Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Studi Umanistici, University of Piemonte Orientale in Vercelli, Italy HEIKKI IKÄHEIMO Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Australia. ARTO LAITINEN Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland JACOB T. LEVY Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Canada JOCELYN MACLURE Professor in the Faculté of Philosophy, Université Laval, Canada TARIQ MODOOD Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, Department of Sociology, University of Bristol, UK SIMON THOMPSON Senior Lecturer in Politics, and Fellow of the Centre for Psycho-social Studies at the University of the West of England, UK ROBERT R. WILLIAMS Affiliate Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, University of Illinois, USA