Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism

Duncan Ivison is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published widely and is the author of 'The Self at Liberty' (1997), 'Postcolonial Liberalism' (2002) and co-editor of 'Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' (2000).

'The Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism is a comprehensive and engrossing treatment of an important subject. The chapters not only offer comprehensive reviews of the state of the debate; they also make engaging and provocative contributions to that debate. This is a book that students and scholars alike will find useful and interesting.' Simone Chambers, University of Toronto, Canada 'An impressive international cast of contributors survey the current literature in this vital field of political and social theory, whilst transforming and renewing these debates and controversies. This book is an essential starting point for research in the field and an necessary reference point for all who wish to defend or challenge the multiculturalist approach to cultural and identity-group accommodation.' Paul Kelly, London School of Economics, UK '... the book provides thought-provoking debate on the theoretical basis for multiculturalism. It seeks, as Ivison puts it, to provide an alternative perspective to discussions driven by fear or short-term political agendas.' Runnymede Bulletin

• Contents: Introduction: multiculturalism as a public ideal, Duncan Ivison; Part I Foundations: Liberal multiculturalism, Geoffrey Brahm Levey; Multiculturalism and political morality, Jocelyn Maclure; Multiculturalism and political ontology, Paul Patton. Part II Challenges: Diversity and the limits of liberal toleration, Thomas M. Besch; Multiculturalism and the social sphere, Barbara Arneil and Fiona Macdonald; Multiculturalism, gender and justice, Avigail Eisenberg; Multiculturalism, pluralism and democracy, James Bohman; Multiculturalism and recognition, Nicholas H. Smith; Postcolonial multiculturalism, Monica Mookherjee; Conditional multiculturalism: Islam in liberal democratic states, Michael Humphrey; Multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism, Charles Jones. Part III Alternative Perspectives: Intercultural relations at the limits of multicultural governmentality, Ghassan Hage; Security warning: multiculturalism alert!, Rita Kaur Dhamoon; Master Kong versus Master Mo: two views of cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism in the early Chinese philosophical tradition, Jeffrey Riegel; Bibliography; Index.