ECMI Library
The ECMI Library is an independent collection of books, journals, and grey literature of more than 3,000 items covering many aspects of minority issues. The highly specialized collection offers public access to a variety of materials in more than twenty languages on interethnic relations, language and cultural diversity issues and ethnic conflict in Europe.
The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Barry, Brian |
|---|---|
| Title | Culture & Equality : An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Human Rights. |
| Publisher | Oxford: Polity Press |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | xi, 399 |
| Description | All major western countries today contain groups that differ in their religious beliefs, customary practices or ideas about the right way in which to live. How should public policy respond to this diversity? The author challenges the currently orthodox answer and develops a powerful restatement of an egalitarian liberalism for the twenty-first century. According to an influential school of political theorists in Britian, the United States and Canada, cultural diversity can not be accomodated fairly by the model of equal citizenship developed over the past two centuries. Instead it is argued, the legal framework needs to be adapted to allow individuals and groups to behave in ways that violate standard liberal principles. The author here offers an incisive critique of these arguments and suggests that theorists of multiculturalism tend to misdiagnose the problems of minority groups. Often, these are not rooted in culture, and multiculturalist policies may actually stand in the way of universalistic measures that would be genuinely beneficial. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction/2. The Strategy of Privitization/3. The Dynamics of Identity: Assimilation, Acculturation and Difference/4. Theories of Group Rights/5. Liberal States and Illiberal Religions/6. The Public Stake in the Arts and Education/7. The Abuse of 'Culture'/8. The Politics of Multiculturalism |
| Language | English |
| Series | |
| Identifier | 0745622283 |
| Call No. |
305.8 |
| Location |
Library |
How to find the ECMI Library?
The ECMI Library is accessible to staff, students and the general public at the:
Danish Central Library (next to The Schleswig Collection)
Norderstraße 59
Flensburg.
Materials from the ECMI Library may not be loaned out, but can be consulted in the Danish library on the following days:
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm
For any other inquiries, please contact the ECMI Librarian at library@
ecmi.de.
