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The design of democratic institutions includes a variety of barriers to protect against the tyranny of the majority, including international human rights, cultural minority rights, and multiculturalism. In the twenty-first century, majorities have re-asserted themselves, sometimes reasonably, referring to social cohesion and national identity, at other times in the form of populist movements challenging core foundations of liberal democracy. This volume intervenes in this debate by examining the legitimacy of conflicting majority and minority claims. Are majorities a legal concept, holding rights and subject to limitations? How can we define a sense of nationhood that brings groups together rather than tears them apart? In this volume, world-leading experts are brought together for the first time to debate the rights of both majorities and minorities. The outcome is a fascinating exchange on one of the greatest challenges facing liberal democracies today.
Introduction Charles Taylor
1. Majority-minority constellations: Towards a group-differentiated approach Ruud Koopmans, Liav Orgad
2. Are there any cultural majority rights? Rainer Bauböck
3. Identity not culture: Where ethnic majorities are disadvantaged Eric Kaufmann
4. Nationhood, multiculturalism, and the ethics of membership Will Kymlicka
5. Reconciling the cultural claims of majorities and minorities Michael Da Silva, Daniel M. Weinstock
6. Linking minority rights and majority attitudes: Multicultural patriotism Clara Sandelind
7. The Liberalism of fear: The second coming Yael Tamir
8. Multiculturalism without privileging liberalism Tariq Modood
9. Why every nation should nurture (a thick and inclusive) nationalism Maya Tudor
10. Populism and cultural majority rights: An uneasy relationship Christian Joppke
11. Legitimate populism and liberal overreach David Goodhart
12. The causes of populism and the problem of cultural majority rights Daniel Ziblatt.
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The design of democratic institutions includes a variety of barriers to protect against the tyranny of the majority, including international human rights, cultural minority rights, and multiculturalism. In the twenty-first century, majorities have re-asserted themselves, sometimes reasonably, referring to social cohesion and national identity, at other times in the form of populist movements challenging core foundations of liberal democracy. This volume intervenes in this debate by examining the legitimacy of conflicting majority and minority claims. Are majorities a legal concept, holding rights and subject to limitations? How can we define a sense of nationhood that brings groups together rather than tears them apart? In this volume, world-leading experts are brought together for the first time to debate the rights of both majorities and minorities. The outcome is a fascinating exchange on one of the greatest challenges facing liberal democracies today.
