Diversity in Europe : dilemmas of differential treatment in theory and practice / edited by Gideon Calder and Emanuela Ceva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calder, Gideon, 1971-

Ceva, Emanuela.

Series:

Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series ; v. 16.

Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Civil rights--Europe.

Minorities.

Cultural pluralism--Europe.

Cultural pluralism.

Minorities--Civil rights.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xi, 191 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

From bans on religious symbols in public spaces, to the provision of abortion by doctors, recent cases across Europe have highlighted acute dilemmas about how best to respond to the claims of individuals or groups feeling that their values or beliefs are not treated fairly by the law.

Diversity in Europe uses the resources of political theory alongside comparative analysis of contemporary practices in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain and the UK to explore the challenges diversity poses for European democracies. Crucial throughout is whether the democratic commitment to equality entails uniformity in the law or is compatible with accepting some requests from citizens that they be treated differently, to accommodate their ethical, cultural and religious particularity. Such differential treatment may take several forms, for example, group or individual rights, either to legal exemptions or to conscientious objection. Exploring these from various angles, the book gives a sense of the tools democracies need to address the challenges of diversity more generally.

Making an important contribution to our understanding of the political implications of ethical, cultural and religious diversity, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political and social philosophy, European studies, political science, social policy, applied ethics, law and socio-legal studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Diversity in theory: dilemmas of differential treatment 15

1 The place of conscientious objection in a liberal democracy / Anna Elisabetta Galeotti Galeotti, Anna Elisabetta 17

2 The appeal to conscience and the accommodation of minority claims / Emanuela Ceva Ceva, Emanuela 32

3 Theories of religious exemptions / Jonathan Seglow Seglow, Jonathan 52

4 Federalism, moral disagreement and European integration / Glyn Morgan Morgan, Glyn 65

5 A multicultural social ethos: tolerance, respect or civility? / Sune Lægaard Lægaard, Sune 81

Part II Diversity in practice: national contexts 97

6 Modernist responses to post-modern demands? 'Differential treatment' in Europeanising Turkey / Ali Tekin Tekin, Ali 99

7 Conscientious objection in Italy: the favoured way of handling irreducible conflicting values? / Federico Zuolo Zuolo, Federico 111

8 How should a democracy respond to the demands of differential treatment? Tax resistance as an example / Juan Carlos Siurana Siurana, Juan Carlos, Elsa González González, Elsa, Roberto Ballester Ballester, Roberto, José Félix Lozand Lozand, José Félix 126

9 Corporatism and 'new groups': emerging value conflicts in contemporary Germany / Maria Paola Ferretti Ferretti, Maria Paola, Claire Moulin-Doos Moulin-Doos, Claire 140

10 Differential treatment and employability: a UK case study of veil-wearing in schools / Gideon Calder Calder, Gideon, Steven R. Smith Smith, Steven R. 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415580823

041558082X

9780203837115

0203837118

OCLC:

631751093