Justice, gender, and the politics of multiculturalism / [edited by] Sarah Song.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Song, Sarah, 1973-

Series:

Contemporary political theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination against women.

Women's rights.

Minorities--Civil rights.

Minorities.

Multiculturalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Culture conflict.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xiii, 198 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism explores the tensions that arise when culturally diverse democratic states pursue both justice for religious and cultural minorities and justice for women. Sarah Song provides a distinctive argument about the circumstances under which egalitarian justice requires special accommodations for cultural minorities while emphasizing the value of gender equality as an important limit on cultural accommodation. Drawing on detailed case studies of gendered cultural conflicts, including conflicts over the "cultural defense" in criminal law, aboriginal membership rules, and polygamy, Song offers a fresh perspective on multicultural politics by examining the role of intercultural interactions in shaping such conflicts. In particular, she demonstrates the different ways that majority institutions have reinforced gender inequality in minority communities and, in light of this, argues in favor of resolving gendered cultural dilemmas through intercultural democratic dialogue.

Contents:

The problem of internal minorities 2

Reframing the debate 4

Justice and the claims of culture 8

2 The concept of culture in political theory 17

Culture as an "irreducibly social good" 17

Culture as a "primary good" 22

The structure of identity 29

The constructivist challenge 31

3 Justice and multiculturalism: an egalitarian argument for cultural accommodation 41

Why equality? 43

Rights-respecting accommodationism 46

Present discrimination 51

Historical injustice 53

State establishment of culture 61

The role of deliberation 68

4 The "cultural defense" in American criminal law 87

"Marriage by capture" and the law of rape 89

"Wife murder" and the doctrine of provocation 93

A qualified defense of the "cultural defense" 100

Potential boomerang effects 109

5 Tribal sovereignty and the Santa Clara Pueblo case 114

Tribal sovereignty and gendered rules of tribal membership 115

The state's role in the politics of tradition formation 120

Intercultural congruence and the accommodation of tribal practices 127

The limits of tribal sovereignty 131

6 Polygamy in America 142

The rise and fall of Mormon polygamy 143

The antipolygamy movement and the diversionary effect 145

Mormon polygamy today 156

A case for qualified recognition 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-191) and index.

ISBN:

9780521874878

0521874874

9780521697590

052169759X

OCLC:

85783269

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