Shapiro

Ethnicity And Group Rights Shapiro

Jacket Description/Back: Within Western political philosophy, the rights of groups have often been neglected or addressed in only the narrowest fashion. Focusing solely on whether rights are exercised by individuals or groups misses what lies at the heart of ethnocultural conflict, leaving central questions unanswered: Can the familiar system of common citizenship rights within liberal democracies sufficiently accomodate the legitimate interests of "ethnic" citizens? How does membership in an ethnic group differ from other groups, such as professional, lifestyle, or advocacy groups? How important is ethnicity to personal identity and self-respect, and does accomodating these interests require more than standard citizenship rights? Perhaps most important, what forms of ethnocultural accomodations are consistent with democratic equality, individual freedom, and political stability? Invoking numerous case studies and addressing the issue of ethnicity from a range of perspectives, Ethnicity and Group Rights seeks to answer these questions. Review Quotes:"I am still hungover from reading this book . . . Most writers cannot sustain their premises but Svoboda does and even strengthens hers . . . I am very excited about this book being put into the world." -Mark Richard, author of "Fishboy: A Ghost's Story"Review Quotes:"A harrowing first novel... Svoboda's heroine is a white ethnographer slowly being starved to death by her lover as they trek across the Sudan. An obsessive monologue told in a measured whisper, desperate, chilling, seductive." -"Vogue", Review Quotes:"Like another poet-turned novelist, Denis Johnson, Svoboda turns a shrewd and lucid gaze on sights that make others turn away. Her diction is as precise as her territory is vast. What happens in Africa haunts her, it inhabits every word."-Amy Hempel, Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Began as papers and commentaries read at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosphy held in conjunction with the Association of American Law Schools, held in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 1995--Pref. Biographical Note: Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he also serves as Henry R. Luce Director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies. He is the editor or author of numerous books, most recently "Political Contingency" (NYU Press) and "Rethinking Political Institutions" (NYU Press).

Contributor Bio:  Svoboda, Terese Terese Svoboda has published nine books of prose and poetry, most recently "Tin God", and her writing has been featured in "The New Yorker", "The New York Times", "The Atlantic Monthly, "and "The Paris Review". She lives in New York. Contributor Bio:  Kymlicka, Will Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he also serves as Henry R. Luce Director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies. He is the editor or author of numerous books, most recently "Political Contingency" (NYU Press) and "Rethinking Political Institutions" (NYU Press). Contributor Bio:  Shapiro, Ian Ian Shapiro is William R. Kenan, Jr Professor and Chair of Political Science at Yale University. His many books include The State of Democratic Theory, The Moral Foundations of Politics, Democratic Justice, and (with Donald Green) Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory.