Recognition Versus Self-Determination: Dilemmas of Emancipatory Politics

Recognition Versus Self-Determination: Dilemmas of Emancipatory Politics

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The political concept of recognition has introduced new ways of thinking about the relationship between minorities and justice in plural societies. But is a politics informed by recognition valuable to minorities today? Contributors to this volume examine the successes and failures of struggles for recognition and self-determination in relation to claims of religious groups, cultural minorities, and indigenous peoples on territories associated with Canada, the United States, Europe, Latin America, India, New Zealand, and Australia. The chapters look at cultural recognition in the context of public policy about intellectual and physical property, membership practices, and independence movements, while probing debates about toleration, democratic citizenship, and colonialism. Together the contributions point to a distinctive set of challenges posed by a politics of recognition and self-determination to peoples seeking emancipation from unjust relations.

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9780774827416

Publication Date

4-15-2014

Publisher

UBC Press

City

Vancouver, British Columbia

Keywords

Ethnic groups--Political activity; Ethnicity--Political aspects; Minorities--Political activity; Recognition(Psychology)--Political aspects; Autonomy (Psychology)--Political aspects

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Avigail Eisenberg, Avigail, Jeremy Webber, Glen Coulthard, and Andrée Boisselle. Recognition Versus Self-Determination: Dilemmas of Emancipatory Politics. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2014. Print.

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