Deliberative democracy : political legitimacy and self-determination in multicultural societies / Jorge M. Valadez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valadez, Jorge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Civil rights.

Minorities.

Representative government and representation.

Multiculturalism.

Legitimacy of governments.

Self-determination, National.

Physical Description:

xiv, 386 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

Contents:

Three Dilemmas of Multicultural Democracies 3

The Significance of These Sociopolitical Doctrines 17

Developing Democratic Citizenship in Multicultural Societies 19

2 Deliberative Democracy 30

The Nature of Deliberative Democracy 31

Problems with Implementing Deliberative Democracy in Multicultural Societies 39

Deliberative Democracy Reconsidered 45

Cognitive and Moral Incommensurability 58

3 Epistemological Egalitarianism 71

Resources, Capabilities, and Political Equality 72

Motivations and Political Equality 78

Motivational Sources and Ethnocultural Groups 80

Equality of Political Efficacy 84

Intercultural Understanding and Public Deliberation 93

The Limits of Deliberative Democracy 101

4 The Function and Justification of Political Communities 106

Consent-Based Normative Theories of the State 109

Moral Constraints on the Formation of Political Bodies 122

The Proper Function and Justification of Political Communities 132

Communal Self-Determination and Autonomy of the Individual 135

5 The Nature of Self-Determination 150

Tamir on National Self-Determination 151

Kymlicka on Cultural and Political Self-Determination 157

Kymlicka on Group Representation 165

Evaluating Kymlicka's Theory of Self-Determination 170

The Importance of Economic Empowerment for Cultural and Political Self-Determination 172

6 Self-Determination for Accommodationist Groups 188

The Meaning of Self-Determination for Accommodationist Groups 189

Political Empowerment for Accommodationist Groups 195

7 Self-Determination for Autonomist and Secessionist Groups 211

The Moral Justification of Self-Governance 213

Self-Determination in the Contemporary World 234

8 Property Rights in Multicultural Liberal Democracies 254

Locke and Original Appropriations of Property 257

The Consequentialist Strategy 262

The Strategy Based on Desert 268

The Agency and Autonomy Strategy 271

The Incoherence Objection 276

Property Rights and the Territorial Powers of States 277

Indigenous Groups and Collective Property Rights 284

9 Rights to Mediated and Intellectual Property 298

The Justification of Rights to Mediated Property 298

Exploited Cultural Groups and the Acquisition of Mediated Property 311

Intellectual Property 319

10 Developing Democratic Citizenship in Multicultural Societies 341

Democratic Institutions and Social Capital 345

Ecological Consciousness and Social Solidarity 351.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813391148

OCLC:

44811618