Boundaries of Citizenship

Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in the Liberal State

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Liberalism has traditionally been equated with protecting the rights of the individual. But how does this protection affect the cultural identity of these individuals? In The Boundaries of Citizenship Jeff Spinner addresses this question by examining distinctive racial, ethnic, and national groups whose identities may be transformed in liberal society. Focusing on the Amish, Hasidic Jews, and African Americans in the United States and on the Quebecois in Canada, Spinner explores the paradox of how liberal values such as equality and individual autonomy-which members of cultural groups often fight to attain-can lead to the unexpected transformation of the group's identity. Spinner shows how liberalism fosters this transformation by encouraging the dispersal of the group's cultural practices throughout society. He examines why groups that reject the liberal values of equality and autonomy are the most successful at retaining their distinctive cultural identity. He finds, however, that these groups also fit-albeit uneasily-in the liberal state. Spinner concludes that citizens are benefitted more than harmed by liberalism's tendency to alter cultural boundaries.The Boundaries of Citizenship is a timely look at how cultural identities are formed and transformed-and why the political implications of this process are so important. The book will be of interest to readers in a broad range of academic disciplines, including political science, law, history, sociology, and cultural studies.

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Utgivningsdatum:1995-12-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:369 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801852398

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Jeff Spinner teaches political science at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

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Concerned with the transmutation of citizenship that follows from changes in which ethnic and subcultural identities are viewed in contemporary liberal democracies... Spinner moves toward his positive or prescriptive conclusions through careful and balanced reading of a broad range of scholarly work in political science, anthropology, and philosophy, as well as in sociology, and with clear and convincing argument. -- Martin O. Heisler Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science This volume does an excellent job of coming to grips with the issue [of classical liberal political theory treating citizens solely as individuals instead of groups into which real populations are divided] in normative terms. Foreign Affairs

Innehållsförteckning

PrefacePart I: IntroductionChapter 1. LiberalismChapter 2. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality and Liberal ThoughtPart II: The Formation of IdentityChapter 3. The Construction of IdentityChapter 4. RaceChapter 5. EthnicityChapter 6. NationalityChapter 7. Contested MeaningsPart III: The Demands of Liberal CitizenshipChapter 8. Jewish Emancipation and the Jewish QuestionChapter 9. Civil Society and Equal CitizenshipChapter 10. The Demands of Liberal CitizenshipChapter 11. The Transformation of Ethnic IdentityChapter 12. Political Participation and IdentityChapter 13. Community and DiversityPart IV: Pluralistic IntegrationChapter 14. The Limits to Cultural PluralismChapter 15. Illiberal Cultural Practices Chapter 16. Toward Pluralistic IntegrationChapter 17. Pluralism, Power, and StandardsChapter 18. Ethnic Failures, Ethnic SuccessPart V: The Ethnic Rejection of Liberal CitizenshipChapter 19. The Amish Community Chapter 20. Liberal ChangesChapter 21. Partial CitizenshipChapter 22. Choosing to be AmishChapter 23. Justifying YoderChapter 24. A Liberal Paradox: The Case of HasidimPart VI: Race and the Failure of Liberal Citizenship Chapter 25. Liberalism and RacismChapter 26. Realizing Equal CitizenshipChapter 27. Public Recognition of Black CitizenshipChapter 28. Reconfiguring Civil SocietyChapter 29. Black Power and Black CultureChapter 30. Black Identity in the Liberal StatePart VII: Language and NationalityChapter 31. The Two Faces of NationalismChapter 32. Public Language, Public Culture, and Public SpaceChapter 33. The Liberal Facilitation of NationalismChapter 34. Cultural PreservationChapter 35. Nationalism and CitizenshipChapter 36. Liberalism and NationalismPart VIII: The Boundaries of CitizenshipChapter 37. Boundaries and IdentityChapter 38. The Tensions of Diversity Chapter 39. Pluralistic Education Chapter 40. Liberalism and Cultural IdentityNotesBibliographyIndex