Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights

By R E Lowe-Walker

Achieving socio-political cohesion in a community with significant ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity is a challenge in contemporary liberal democracies. Public policies and institutions shaped by the needs of the majority can inadvertently marginalize minority interests. Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights articulates a type of political deliberation designed to mitigate this problem. Instead of asking what the liberal state can tolerate, R.E. Lowe-Walker asks how our understanding of difference affects our interpretation of minority claims, shifting the focus toward inclusive deliberations. This important work serves as a measure of social justice and a vehicle for social change.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774832843
• ISBN13: 9780774832847
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 236 Pages