The Boundaries of Citizenship by Jeff Spinner-Halev
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Description The book will be of interest to readers in a broad range of academic disciplines, including political science, law, history, sociology, and cultural studies.
Publisher Description
Liberalism has traditionally been equated with protecting the rights of the individual. But how does this protection affect the cultural identity of these individuals? This book 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 USA and on the Quebecois in Canada, the book 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. The book shows how liberalism fosters this transformation by encouraging the dispersal of the group's cultural practices throughout society. It examines why groups that reject the liberal values of equality and autonomy are the most successful at retaining their distinctive cultural identity. It finds, however, that these groups also fit, albeit uneasily, in the liberal state. The book concludes that citizens are benefited more than harmed by liberalism's tendency to alter cultural boundaries.It examines how cultural identities are formed and transformed and why the political implications of this process are so important. The book should be of interest to readers in a broad range of academic disciplines, including political science, law, history, sociology and cultural studies.
Author Biography
Jeff Spinner teaches political science at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Details ISBN 0801852390 ISBN-13 9780801852398 Title The Boundaries of Citizenship Author Jeff Spinner-Halev Format Paperback Year 1995 Pages 272 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press GE_Item_ID:136670417; About Us
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