Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism / / ed. by Geoffrey Brahm Levey.

• MitwirkendeR: Crowder, George,; Galligan, Brian,; Gatens, Moira,; Glass, Arthur,; Hindess, Barry,; Ivison, Duncan,; Jupp, James,; Kane, John,; Krygier, Martin,; Kukathas, Chandran,; Levey, Geoffrey Brahm,; Markus, Maria R.,; Pettit, Philip,; Roberts, Winsome,; Rubenstein, Kim,
• HerausgeberIn: Levey, Geoffrey Brahm,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

Multiculturalism has been one of the dominant concerns in political theory over the last decade. To date, this inquiry has been mostly informed by, or applied to, the Canadian, American, and increasingly, the European contexts. This volume explores for the first time how the Australian experience both relates and contributes to political thought on multiculturalism. Focusing on whether a multicultural regime undermines political integration, social solidarity, and national identity, the authors draw on the Australian case to critically examine the challenges, possibilities, and limits of multiculturalism as a governing idea in liberal democracies. These essays by distinguished Australian scholars variously treat the relation between liberalism and diversity, democracy and diversity, culture and rights, and evaluate whether Australia’s thirty-year experiment in liberal multiculturalism should be viewed as a successful model.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Multicultural Political Thought in Australian Perspective -- Part I Liberalism and Diversity -- Chapter 2 Anarcho-Multiculturalism: The Pure Theory of Liberalism -- Chapter 3 Multiculturalism: A Value-Pluralist Approach -- Chapter 4 Liberal Nationalism and the Multicultural State -- Chapter 5 “Something That Deserves Our Admiration and Respect” -- Part II Democracy and Diversity -- Chapter 6 Three Images of the Citizenry -- Chapter 7 “Civicity” and Multiculturalism A Comment on Pettit -- Chapter 8 Multiculturalism and Resentment -- Part III Community, Culture, and Rights -- Chapter 9 Conflicting Imaginaries in Australian Multiculturalism Women’s Rights, Group Rights, and Aboriginal Customary Law -- Chapter 10 Loyalty and Membership Globalization and Its Impact on Citizenship, Multiculturalism, and the Australian Community -- Chapter 11 Multiculturalism and Migration Law -- Part IV Australian Multiculturalism: Success or Failure? -- Chapter 12 Multiculturalism, National Identity, and Pluralist Democracy: The Australian Variant -- Chapter 13 A Pragmatic Response to a Novel Situation: Australian Multiculturalism -- Chapter 14 Is Australian Multiculturalism in Crisis? A Comment on Galligan and Roberts and on Jupp -- Chapter 15 Multiculturalism and Australian National Identity -- Contributors -- References -- Index