Will Kymlicka / Magda Opalski (eds.)

Can Liberal Pluralism Be Exported?

Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe
Herausgeber: Kymlicka, Will; Opalski, Magda

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many post-communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are being encouraged, indeed pressured, by Western countries to improve their treatment of ethnic and national minorities and to adopt Western models of minority rights. But what are these Western models? Will they work in Eastern Europe? Here, Will Kymlicka describes a model of Western "liberal pluralism," discussing what would be involved in adopting it in the East. This is followed by commentaries from activists involved in minority rights' issues, both as practitioners and as academics, and Kymlicka's replies to their analyses. Sure to interest anyone concerned with ethnic conflict, this volume will spark discussion among all those struggling over the question of whether Western liberal values can or should be promoted in the rest of the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780199240630
• ISBN-10: 0199240639
• Artikelnr.: 22030932

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part 1: A Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern
Europe
* Part 2: Commentaries
* 1: George Schopflin: Liberal Pluralism and Post-Communism
* 2: Ursula Doroszewska: Rethinking the State and National Security in
Eastern Europe
* 3: Tibor Varady: On the Chances of Ethnocultural Justice in
East-Central Europe
* 4: Michael Walzer: Nation-States and Immigrant Societies
* 5: Boris Tsilevich: New Democracies in the Old World
* 6: Alexander Ossipov: Some Doubts about `Ethnocultural Justice
* 7: Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos: Reflections on
Minority Rights Politics for East Central European Countries
* 8: Pal Kolsto: Territorial Autonomy as a Minority Rights Regime in
Post-Communist Countries
* 9: Janos Kis: Nation-Building and Beyond
* 10: Pavel Barsa: Ethnocultural Justice in East European States and
the Case of the Czech Roma
* 11: Vello Pettai: Definitions and Discourse: Applying Kymlickas
Models to Estonia and Latvia
* 12: Gabriel Andreescu: Universal Thought, Eastern Facts: Scrutinizing
National Minority Rights in Romania
* 13: Vladimir Fesenko: Perspectives on a Liberal-Pluralist Approach to
Ethnic Minorities in Ukraine
* 14: Magda Opalski: Can Liberal Nationalities Policy be Implemented in
Post-Soviet Russia?
* 15: Alexander Djumaev: Nation-Building, Culture and Problems of
Ethnocultural Identity in Central Asia: The Case of Uzbekistan
* Part 3. Reply and Conclusion