Women's rights as multicultural claims : reconfiguring gender and diversity in political philosophy

How can one negotiate and integrate the claims of feminism and multiculturalism through a discourse of rights? This is a timely question: the apparent opposition between feminist and multicultural justice is a central problem in contemporary political theory. It also responds to a deep suspicion abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mookherjee, Monica (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , c2009
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Beyond the liberal dilemma - rights as trumps, as recognition and as capability
  • 2. The right to mediation - recognising the cultural particularity of interests and vulnerabilities
  • 3. Plural autonomy - force, endorsement and cultural diversity
  • 4. Ordering souls without intolerance - towards a constrained presumption for educational accommodation
  • 5. Unveiling meditation and autonomy - women's rights as citizenship and reciprocity