In matters such as affirmative action or home schooling, rights of
ethnic and other minority groups often come into conflict with
those of society in a culturally diverse population such as ours.
But before considering the dilemmas posed by these issues, we must
first ask such basic but important questions as what group rights
are and how they intersect with the principles of democracy.
This new collection brings together some of today's leading
thinkers from the cutting edge of these debates, taking in a broad
range of issues confronting philosophers, sociologists, and
political scientists. Contributors such as Carl Wellman, Carol
Gould, and Rex Martin examine the nature of groups and the conflict
between group rights and democracy and also consider case studies
depicting current issues in cultural, ethnic, and religious
rights.
The first section, on the nature of groups, examines some of the
perplexing alternatives in the formulation of a theory of group
rights. These articles investigate the kinds of rights minorities
might claim and ask when groups can be held responsible for the
acts of some of their members. The second section addresses the
treatment of groups in a democracy and the precarious balance
between indifference toward minorities and capitulation to their
demands. Here the contributors examine five principles for the
sensitive treatment of minority and disadvantaged groups in a
democratic society.
A final section explores specific conflicts between subgroup and
societal claims through case studies dealing with affirmative
action, religious practice and the education of children, and the
land rights of indigenous peoples. By drawing on the legal and
political dilemmas related to these cases, the authors confront
issues of core versus peripheral interests, of individual member
versus subgroup rights, and of the possibilities for social
openness raised in the preceding sections.
Written from varied perspectives, "Groups and Group Rights"
offers stimulating reading for both students and professionals as
it takes on some of the most pressing dilemmas confronting our
society.
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