Multiculturalism and American democracy
By: edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman.
Contributors: Melzer, Arthur M.; Weinberger, Jerry, 1944-; Zinman, M. Richard.; Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Democracy -- United States -- Congresses; Multiculturalism -- United States -- Congresses; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Is it the face of twenty-first-century America or merely a passing intellectual fad? The contributors to this volume address the pros and cons of multiculturalism and explore its relationship with liberal democracy. Offering viewpoints on multiculturalism from the perspectives of political theory, history, philosophy, and fiction, they help to explain what the multiculturalism controversy is about and clarify the concerns it should raise for thoughtful citizens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essays collected here were delivered as papers at a conference sponsored by the body Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy, held in April 1993 at Michigan State University.