Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States

by Monique Deveaux

Overview

Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States explores the challenges that culturally plural liberal states face when they hold competing political commitments to cultural rights and sexual equality, and advances an argument for resolving such dilemmas through democratic dialogue and negotiation. Exploring recent examples of gendered cultural conflicts in South Africa, Canada, and Britain, this book shows that there is an urgent need for workable strategies to mediate the antagonisms between the cultural practices and arrangements of certain ethno-cultural and religious groups and the norms and constitutional rights endorsed by liberal states.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199559244
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/15/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Monique Deveaux is Associate Professor of Political Science at Williams College, where she teaches courses in contemporary political theory and the history of political thought. She is the author of Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice (Cornell University Press, 2000), a co-editor of Sexual/Cultural Justice: Critical Perspectives in Political Theory and Practice (forthcoming, Routledge), and author of articles on topics ranging from cultural toleration to feminist moral theory in such journals as Political Theory, Social and Theory and Practice, and Political Studies. Deveaux is a recipient of a residential fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard (2001-2) and a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2001). She holds a Ph.D. from University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Liberal Approaches to Conflicts of Culture3. Women's Rights as Human Rights4. Deliberative Democracy: Empowering Cultural Communities5. Native Rights and Liberal Sex Equality: The Case of Canada6. Personal Autonomy and Cultural Tradition7. Gender and Cultural Justice in South Africa8. Conclusion: Legitimizing Democracy and Democratizing Legitimacy

Editorial Reviews

"Deveaux's book is a breath of fresh air-it combines a theory-based approach with high-quality empirical research from several locations around the world. The book is at its best when describing issues of gender justice in diverse areas-Canada, South Africa, and Great Britain...[and is] likely to provoke debate about its theoretical implications while providing useful case studies."—CHOICE

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