Can liberal pluralism be exported? : Western political theory and ethnic relations in Eastern Europe / edited by Will Kymlicka and Magda Opalski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kymlicka, Will.

Opalski, Magdalena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Civil rights--Europe, Eastern.

Minorities.

Minorities--Civil rights--Europe, Western.

Liberalism--Europe, Western.

Liberalism.

Pluralism.

Minorities--Civil rights.

Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations.

Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Ethnic relations.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--20th century.

Western Europe.

Local Subjects:

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

xvii, 439 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Many post-communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are being encouraged, indeed pressured, by Western countries to improve their treatment of ethnic and national minorities and to adopt Western models of minority rights. But what are these Western models? Will they work in Eastern Europe? Here, Will Kymlicka describes a model of Western "liberal pluralism," discussing what would be involved in adopting it in the East. This is followed by commentaries from activists involved in minority rights' issues, both as practitioners and as academics, and Kymlicka's replies to their analyses. Sure to interest anyone concerned with ethnic conflict, this volume will spark discussion among all those struggling over the question of whether Western liberal values can or should be promoted in the rest of the world.

Contents:

Liberal pluralism and post-communism / George Schöpflin

Rethinking the state, minorities, and national security / Urszula Doroszewska

On the chances of ethnocultural justice in east central Europe / Tibor Várady

Nation-states and immigrant societies / Michael Walzer

New democracies in the old world / Boris Tsilevich

Some doubts about "ethnocultural justice" / Alexander Ossipov

Reflections on minority rights politics for east central European countries / Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos

Territorial autonomy as a minority rights regime in post-communist countries / Pål Kolstø

Nation-building and beyond / János Kis

Ethnocultural justice in east European states and the case of the Czech Roma / Pavel Barša

Definitions and discourse: applying Kymlicka's models to Estonia and Latvia / Vello Pettai

Universal thought, eastern facts: scrutinizing national minority rights in Romania / Gabriel Andreescu

Perspectives on a liberal-pluralist approach to ethnic minorities in Ukraine / Volodymyr Fesenko

Can Will Kymlicka be exported to Russia? / Magda Opalski

Nation-building, culture, and problems of ethnocultural identity in central Asia: the case of Uzbekistan / Aleksander Djumaev.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199240639

019924815X

OCLC:

47002203