Rights, Resources, and Membership

Civil Rights Models in France and the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID9748470
AuthorsJeremy Hein (0000-0002-2170-8775, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume530
Issue1
Pages97-108
Publication date1993-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716293530001007
OpenAlexW2157765545
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Civil rights are usually conceptualized as a minority-majority issue. Comparison of public policy to promote racial and ethnic equality in the United States and France indicates that civil rights also influence interminority relations. American policy is based on rights to resources. It emphasizes racial and ethnic differences, interest groups, and distribution of jobs and other social goods. French policy is based on rights to membership. It emphasizes commonalities between ethnic minorities, majority group responsibility, and a social contract of interdependence. Limiting the expression of racism is the centerpiece of French civil rights law. The American approach to civil rights contributes to interminority conflict because it is primarily a method for influencing institutions rather than, as in France, a model of ideal race and ethnic relations

Affirmative action · Civil rights · Ethnic group · Human rights · International human rights law · Political science · Racism · Right to property · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

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