Tolerance in the twenty-first century : prospects and challenges / edited by Gerson Moreno-Riaño.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moreno-Riaño, Gerson, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toleration.

Civil rights.

Political psychology.

Physical Description:

x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

Tolerance in the Twenty-First Century investigates some of the key philosophical and practical dilemmas surrounding the implementation and realization of tolerance in our day. The essays are written by expert scholars who seek to share their particular expertise on some of the most important and essential questions concerning tolerance. This collection is certain to delight scholars of political and democratic theory, political participation and citizenship, and American politics.

Contents:

Tolerance in the twenty-first century: an introduction / Gerson Moreno-Riaño

The many facets of tolerance / Robert Weissberg

Understanding tolerance / Nick Fotion

On having done with it : the death of modernist tolerance / J. Budziszewski

Culture, religion, nation-states, and reason in the politics of tolerance / Robert Cummings Neville

Tolerance, identity, and the problem of citizenship / Gerson Moreno-Riaño

Conflict and political tolerance in Israel / Michal Shamir and Tamy Sagiv-Schifter

Gender and tolerance / Ewa Golebiowska

Youth, schooling, and the development of political tolerance / Pat Avery

Political tolerance and civic education in developing democracies / Steven E. Finkel

Tolerance as a criterion for just war / Henrik Syse

Liberal tolerance as robust political economy / Peter T. Leeson and Peter J. Boettke

Tolerance and the Internet / David Resnick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.

ISBN:

0739108689

OCLC:

62430886

Publisher Number:

9780739108680