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Identity politics in the public realm : bringing institutions back in / edited by Avigail Eisenberg and Will Kymlicka.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ethnicity and democratic governance series, 1927-0720.
- Ethnicity and democratic governance series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Political aspects.
- Ethnicity.
- Identification (Religion)--Political aspects.
- Identification (Religion).
- Multiculturalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In an age of multiculturalism and identity politics, many minority groups seek some form of official recognition or public accommodation of their identity. But can public institutions accurately recognize or accommodate something as subjective and dynamic as ";identity?" Are there coherent standards and fair procedures for responding to identity claims? In this book, Avigail Eisenberg and Will Kymlicka lead a distinguished team of scholars who explore state responses to identity claims worldwide. Their case studies focus on key issues where identity is central to public policy - such as the construction of census categories, interpretation of antidiscrimination norms, and assessment of indigenous rights. By illuminating both the risks and opportunities of institutional responses to diversity, this volume shows that public institutions can either enhance or distort the benefits of identity politics. Much depends on the agency of citizens and the ability of institutions to adapt to success and failure.
- Contents:
- Cover ; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: Bringing Institutions Back In; 2: The Challenge of Census Categorization in the Post-Civil Rights Era; 3: Knowledge and the Politics of Ethnic Identity and Belonging in Colonial and Postcolonial States; 4: Defining Indigeneity; 5: Indigenous Rights in Latin America; 6: Domestic and International Norms for Assessing Indigenous Identity ; 7: The Challenge of Naming the Other in Latin America; 8: From Immigrants to Muslims; 9: Beliefs and Religion; 10: Assessing Religious Identity in Law
- 11: Reasonable Accommodations and the Subjective Conception of Freedom of Conscience and ReligionContributors; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7748-2083-7
- OCLC:
- 748088990
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