| Description |
ix, 307 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"An AMINTAPHIL volume"--P. preceding t.p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
General introduction : Groups, selves, and the state / Christine Sistare -- Pt. 1. The nature of groups and group rights. Introduction : Alternatives for a theory of group rights / Carl Wellman ; Group rights and social ontology / Carol C. Gould ; Nonvoluntary social groups / Ann E. Cudd ; What are group rights? / George Rainbolt ; Institutions : a technique for analyzing group entitlements / Christopher Gray ; Groups : rights, wrongs, and culture / Thomas W. Simon -- Pt. 2. Groups and democratic theory. Introduction : Groups and democratic theory / Larry May ; Democracy and the problem of persistent minorities / Steven Lee ; Group values and liberal democracy / Joan L. McGregor ; Rights, democracy, and distribution : economic justice / Rex Martin ; Duties of group membership : justice as reciprocity and liberal democratic institutions / Patricia Smith ; Recognition, identity, and the accommodation of differences : groups in the liberal state / Emily R. Gill -- Pt. 3. Cultural, ethnic, and religious rights. Introduction : Education, religion, and affirmative action / Leslie Francis ; Indigenous groups and American democracy : substantive approaches to cultural pluralism / Rebecca Tsosie ; Group land rights / Edmund Abegg ; In defense of the diversity state / Robert N. Van Wyk ; Group rights, autonomy, and the free exercise of religion / Erik A. Anderson ; One cheer for affirmative action / William Nelson. |
| Subject |
Social groups.
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Civil rights.
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Democracy.
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| Added Author |
Sistare, C. T. (Christine T.), 1951-
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May, Larry.
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Francis, Leslie, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0700610413 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0700610421 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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