Can Liberal Pluralism be Exported?: Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe
Will Kymlicka and Magda Opalski
Abstract
This book explores recent work by Western liberal theorists on ethnocultural pluralism, and shows Western liberals that conventional ways of distinguishing between ethnic relations in the East and West do not help in understanding or responding to ethnic conflicts in the post-Communist world. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents a paper by Will Kymlicka entitled ‘Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe’. Part 2 features 15 replies and commentaries on this paper, mostly by scholars and writers in Eastern Europe. Part 3 presents a reply by Kymlicka, which ... More
This book explores recent work by Western liberal theorists on ethnocultural pluralism, and shows Western liberals that conventional ways of distinguishing between ethnic relations in the East and West do not help in understanding or responding to ethnic conflicts in the post-Communist world. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents a paper by Will Kymlicka entitled ‘Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe’. Part 2 features 15 replies and commentaries on this paper, mostly by scholars and writers in Eastern Europe. Part 3 presents a reply by Kymlicka, which examines some of the specific issues raised in the commentaries, and reflects on the exportability of Western political theory to newly-democratizing countries.
Keywords:
Western political theory,
liberal pluralism,
ethnic relations,
Eastern Europe,
post-Communist,
minority rights
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2002 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199248155 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2005 |
DOI:10.1093/019924815X.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Will Kymlicka, editor
Professor of Philosophy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Magda Opalski, editor
Associate Professor, Institute of Soviet and East European Studies, Carlton University
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