Reasons of identity
Subtitle: a normative guide to the political and legal assessment of identity claims
By: Avigail Eisenberg.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780199291304
Subjects: Multiculturalism -- Political aspects; Multiculturalism -- Law and legislation; Minorities; Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc; Minorities -- Civil rights
Description: The current legal and political context is more congenial than ever to considering claims made by minorities for the protection of some aspect of their identity. This book argues that multicultural societies depend for their success on having courts and legislatures which are capable of assessing these identity claims fairly.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The identity approach: public decision making in diverse societies; title: Multiculturalism, identity quietism, and identity scepticism; title: Diversity and sexual equality: the challenge of incommensurability; title: Religious identity and the problem of authenticity; title: Indigenous identity claims: the perils of essentialism and domestication; title: Conclusion: reasons of identity.