Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism: Liberalism, Culture and Coercion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108469838)

This book explores the main challenges against multiculturalism. It aims to examine whether liberalism and multiculturalism are reconcilable, and what are the limits of liberal democratic interventions in illiberal affairs of minority cultures within democracy. In the process, this book addresses three questions: whether multiculturalism is bad for democracy, whether multiculturalism is bad for women, and whether multiculturalism contributes to terrorism. Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism argues that liberalism and multiculturalism are reconcilable if a fair balance is struck between individual rights and group rights. Raphael Cohen-Almagor contends that reasonable multiculturalism can be achieved via mechanisms of deliberate democracy, compromise and, when necessary, coercion. Placing necessary checks on groups that discriminate against vulnerable third parties, the approach insists on the protection of basic human rights as well as on exit rights for individuals if and when they wish to leave their cultural groups.

Author: Raphael Cohen-Almagor
ISBN-10: 1108469833
ISBN-13: 9781108469838
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2021
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2022