Ayelet Shachar

Multicultural Jurisdictions

Cultural Differences and Women's Rights

Buch

Is it possible for the state simultaneously to respect deep cultural differences and to protect the hard-won citizenship rights of vulnerable group members, particularly women? This book argues that it is not only theoretically needed, but also institutionally feasible. Rejecting prevalent normative and legal solutions to this 'paradox of multicultural vulnerability', Multicultural Jurisdictions develops a powerful argument for enhancement of the jurisdictional autonomy of religious and cultural minorities while at the same time providing viable legal-institutional solutions to the problem of sanctioned intra-group rights violation. This new… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Holmes, Stephen (Hrsg.) / Shapiro, Ian (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-521-77674-5
EAN: 9780521776745
Produktnummer: 8513547
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.2 cm 328 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 328

Über den Autor

Ayelet Shachar is Assistant Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. She is also currently a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. She has written extensively on issues of contemporary political theory, group rights and gender equality. Her most recent publications appear in the Journal of Political Philosophy, Political Theory and the Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review. She has also contributed to several edited volumes including Multicultural Questions (1999); Citizenship in Diverse Societies (2000); and From Migrants to Citizens (2000).