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Enemies within : cultural hierarchies and liberal political models in the Hispanic world / edited by María Sierra.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberalism--Latin America--History--19th century.
- Liberalism.
- Latin America--Politics and government--19th century.
- Latin America.
- Latin America--Emigration and immigration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
- Summary:
- Can citizenship rights be denied to significant groups in a society that regards itself as civilized and self-governing? Is it possible to exclude such people in the name of freedom and reason? Is it plausible to explain classifications that differentiate between first- and second-class citizens as "natural"?This is the paradox inherent in modern politics, born of the revolutions that ended the Ancien Régime in the western world. Throughout the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth, liberalism inspired a representative form of government that appealed to citizenship, yet mar
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-8635-1
- OCLC:
- 930993462
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