Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship
Will Kymlicka
Abstract
This book explores the rights and situations of ethnocultural groups in Western democracies. It presents essays that share three major themes: the dialectic of nation building and minority rights, the gap between theory and practice of liberal democracies; and the effectiveness of emerging forms of nation-building and minority rights in Western democracies. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents debates on the rights of ethnocultural minorities. Part II discusses the requirements for ethnocultural justices in a liberal democracy. Part III examines liberals’ misconceptions about n ... More
This book explores the rights and situations of ethnocultural groups in Western democracies. It presents essays that share three major themes: the dialectic of nation building and minority rights, the gap between theory and practice of liberal democracies; and the effectiveness of emerging forms of nation-building and minority rights in Western democracies. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents debates on the rights of ethnocultural minorities. Part II discusses the requirements for ethnocultural justices in a liberal democracy. Part III examines liberals’ misconceptions about nationalism. Part IV focuses on how democratic citizenship can be sustained.
Keywords:
ethnocultural groups,
Western democracies,
liberal democracies,
nation building,
minority rights,
justice,
nationalism,
democratic citizenship
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2001 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199240982 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 |
DOI:10.1093/0199240981.001.0001 |
