On exit : interdisciplinary perspectives on the right of exit in liberal multicultural societies / edited by Dagmar Borchers and Annamari Vitikainen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borchers, Dagmar, 1965-

Vitikainen, Annamari.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

Individualism.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Within liberal multicultural societies, the right of exit has assumed prominent position in the negotiations between the basic rights of individuals and the rights of cultural or religious groups to govern their internal affairs. The nature, role and scope of application of such a right are, however, dependent on various factors. These include the character of the group from which one wishes to leave, the surrounding society to which one wishes to enter, the role and status of the person who wants to exit, as well as the framework within which the responsibilities of different actors (individuals, groups, state) are negotiated. Whereas the right of exit is one of the central elements of any liberal democracy, several theoretical as well as practical difficulties persist. On Exit addresses some of the most pressing theoretical difficulties and gives normative guidance to the more concrete issues of cultural accommodation. Amongst the contributors to the volume are included political scientists, philosophers, legal scholars and experts on religion, thus providing genuinely interdisciplinary perspectives on the issues on exit.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

About the Authors

On Exit: Idea, Context, Topics and Open Questions / Borchers, Dagmar / Vitikainen, Annamari

Interrogating Exit in Multiculturalist Theorizing: Conditions and Limitations / Holzleithner, Elisabeth

Exit, Freedom and Gender / Kukathas, Chandran

Calculating on Identity? The Costs and Benefits of the Costs-of-Exit Debate / Borchers, Dagmar

Exit, Identity, and Membership / Vitikainen, Annamari

Exit: The Temporal Dimension / Perez, Nahshon

Individual and/or Associational Autonomy? Associative Democracy and the Freedoms of Entry and Exit / Bader, Veit

Minors and the Exit Option Under German Law / Fischer, Meik

Costs of Religious Pluralism in Liberal Societies / Klinkhammer, Gritt

City and Migration: Selective Migration and Its Consequences / Luft, Stefan

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283856676

1283856670

9783110270860

3110270862

OCLC:

826660094