Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism

A Muslim girl seeks exemption from her school’s dress code policy so she can wear a headscarf in accordance with her religious convictions. Newly arrived immigrants invoke the use of cultural evidence in defense against criminal charges. Over one hundred years after the Church of Jesus Christ of...

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Tác giả chính: Song, Sarah
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-357382014-01-19T23:34:32Z Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism Song, Sarah Multiculturalism Justice A Muslim girl seeks exemption from her school’s dress code policy so she can wear a headscarf in accordance with her religious convictions. Newly arrived immigrants invoke the use of cultural evidence in defense against criminal charges. Over one hundred years after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints renounced polygamy, Mormon fundamentalists continue to practice it and argue for its decriminalization. Aboriginal groups insist on the right of self-government, including the right to determine their own membership rules. These claims are not simply demands for the enforcement of anti-discrimination law; they are also demands for positive accommodation of particular beliefs and identities. In practice, democratic governments in the West already grant a variety of accommodations to religious and cultural minorities, including exemptions to generally applicable law, support for the pursuit of cultural practices, and limited self-government rights. 2013-10-08T07:38:24Z 2013-10-08T07:38:24Z 2007 Book 978-0-511-34923-2 http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/35738 en application/pdf Cambridge University Press
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Justice
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Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism
description A Muslim girl seeks exemption from her school’s dress code policy so she can wear a headscarf in accordance with her religious convictions. Newly arrived immigrants invoke the use of cultural evidence in defense against criminal charges. Over one hundred years after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints renounced polygamy, Mormon fundamentalists continue to practice it and argue for its decriminalization. Aboriginal groups insist on the right of self-government, including the right to determine their own membership rules. These claims are not simply demands for the enforcement of anti-discrimination law; they are also demands for positive accommodation of particular beliefs and identities. In practice, democratic governments in the West already grant a variety of accommodations to religious and cultural minorities, including exemptions to generally applicable law, support for the pursuit of cultural practices, and limited self-government rights.
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