Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871547953
• ISBN13: 9780871547958
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 499 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.2"