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What is Engaging Cultural Differences : The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies about?

Liberal democracies are based on principles of inclusion and tolerance. But how does the principle of tolerance work in practice in countries such as Germany, France, India, South Africa, and the United States, where an increasingly wide range of cultural groups holds often contradictory beliefs about appropriate social and family life practices? As these democracies expand to include peoples of vastly different cultural backgrounds, the limits of tolerance are being tested as never before. Engaging Cultural Differences explores how liberal democracies respond socially and legally to differences in the cultural and religious practices of their minority groups. Building on such examples, the contributors examine the role of tolerance in practical encounters between state officials and immigrants, and between members of longstanding majority groups and increasing numbers of minority groups. The volume also considers the theoretical implications of expanding the realm of tolerance. Some contributors are reluctant to broaden the scope of tolerance, while others insist that the notion of "tolerance" is itself potentially confining and demeaning and that modern nations should aspire to

Author

RICHARD A.SHWEDER,MARTHA MINOW,AND HAZEL ROSE MARKUS,RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION/NEW YORK

Publisher

Russell Sage Foundation Publications

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781610445009

Subjects

Science, Anthropology, Sociology