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
recognition to minority groups and accommodating their claims for
special cultural rights and arrangements.
Monique Deveaux contends that liberal theorists fail to grant
enough importance to identity and the content of cultural life in
their attempts to conceive of political institutions for plural
societies. She takes to task the spectrum of theories on pluralism,
from weak and strong theories of tolerance through neutralist
liberalism to comprehensive liberalism, and finally to arguments
for deliberative politics that build on Jurgen Habermas's discourse
ethics. The solution proposed here is "deliberative liberalism",
which incorporates both critically reconceived principles of
deliberative democracy and central liberal norms of consent and
respect.
Cultural conflicts in democratic societies include clashes
involving Aboriginal peoples, ethnic and linguistic minorities, and
recent immigrant groups in Europe, North America, and Australia.
Drawing on examples from several countries, Deveaux concludes that
genuine respect and recognition for cultural minorities requires
full inclusion in existing institutions and the right to help shape
the political culture of their own societies through democratic
dialogue and deliberation.
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