Minorities ithin Minorities Equality, Rights and Diversity [Hardcover]

Distinguished scholars examine the balance between group autonomy and individual rights in this edited volume.Groups around the world are increasingly successful in maintaining or winning autonomy, often in the name of liberty or identity. As they do so, however, a crucial question emerges: what happens to individuals within the groups who find that their group discriminates against them? This volume brings together sixteen distinguished scholars who examine the balance between group autonomy and individual rights in relation to conflicts involving gender, religion, culture, and indigenous rights in the national and international sphere. It is a valuable contribution on a topic of critical importance.Groups around the world are increasingly successful in maintaining or winning autonomy, often in the name of liberty or identity. As they do so, however, a crucial question emerges: what happens to individuals within the groups who find that their group discriminates against them? This volume brings together sixteen distinguished scholars who examine the balance between group autonomy and individual rights in relation to conflicts involving gender, religion, culture, and indigenous rights in the national and international sphere. It is a valuable contribution on a topic of critical importance.Groups around the world are increasingly successful in maintaining or winning autonomy. However, what happens to individuals within the groups who find that their group discriminates against them? This volume brings together sixteen distinguished scholars who examine the balance between group autonomy and individual rights in relation to conflicts involving gender, religion, culture, and indigenous rights in the national and international sphere.Introduction Avigail Eisenberg and Jeff Spinner-Halev; Part I. Toleration: 1. Tolerable liberalism Melissa S. Williams; 2. A liberalism of conscience Lucas Swaine; Part II. Equality: 3. Multiculturalism and feminism: no simple question, no l­