Do We Need a Liberal Theory of Minority Rights? Reply to Carens, Young, Parekh and Forst

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ID7274437
AuthorsWill Kymlicka (0000-0001-6468-5174, University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume4
Issue1
Pages72-87
Publication date1997-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueConstellations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1351-0487 • E-ISSN: 1467-8675
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8675.00038
OpenAlexW2036766983
LanguageEN
Citations received14

In their perceptive critiques of my recent book on Multicultural Citizenship , Iris Young, Joseph Carens, Bhikhu Parekh and Rainer Forst raise a number of interesting and important issues. In this short response to their critiques, I focus on two of them. First, whereas I tried to draw a sharp distinction between immigrants and national minorities, my critics argue that we should think of ethnocultural groups on a more fluid continuum. Second, whereas I tried to ground a theory of minority rights on specifically liberal principles, my critics argue that such an approach is unduly intolerant of non‐liberal ethnocultural groups. In response to these challenging questions, I try to both clarify and strengthen the positions I outlined in my book

Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Minority Rights and Languages

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