Multicultural society

The fall and rise of blasphemy law

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"This collection centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasph…

Now we are citizens: indigenous politics in postmulticultural Bolivia

by Postero, Nancy Grey

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Upon winning the 2005 presidential election, Evo Morales became the first indigenous person to lead Bolivia since the arrival of the Spanish more than five hundred years before. Morales's election is the culmination of a striking new kind of activism in Bolivia. Born out of a hi…

Making Yugoslavs: identity in King Aleksandar's Yugoslavia

by Nielsen, Christian Axboe

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In Making Yugoslavs, Christian Axboe Nielsen uses extensive archival research to explain the failure of the dictatorship'ss program of forced nationalization. Focusing on how ordinary Yugoslavs responded to Aleksandar'ss nationalization project, the book illuminates an often-ign…

Making indigenous citizens: identities, education, and multicultural developm…

by García, María Elena

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Set against conventional views of Peru as a place where indigenous mobilization has been absent, this book examines the complex, contentious politics between intercultural activists, local Andean indigenous community members, state officials, non-governmental organizations, and …

The claims of culture: equality and diversity in the global era

by Benhabib, Seyla

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"How can liberal democracy best be realized in a world fraught with conflicting new forms of identity politics and intensifying conflicts over culture? This book brings unparalleled clarity to the contemporary debate over this question. Maintaining that cultures are themselves t…

Honour, violence, women and Islam

by Abbas, Tahir, Idriss, Mohammad Mazher

fromA GlassHouse book

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"Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in gener…

Routledge handbook of religious laws

fromRoutledge Handbooks

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Much has been written on specific religious legal systems, yet substantial comparative studies that strive to compare systems, identifying their analogies and differences, have been relatively few. This absence undermines the capacity to understand religions and becomes particul…

Moderate or militant: images of India's Muslims

by Hasan, Mushirul

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Though Islam and Muslims form an integral part of the rich history and culture of India, their voice in present times is a muted one. Academic discourse in the West, which is increasingly engaging with Islam, thus chooses to largely ignore their existence. Much of what is writte…

Challenges for human rights

by Falcón y Tella, Fernando

fromNijhoff law specials

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Individuals, and not only states, have now become the subjects of international law, as a result of the boom in humanitarian law and international criminal law. This collection examines issues such as multiculturalism, globalization, and international criminal justice. It also e…

A relational theory of world politics

by Qin, Yaqing

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"Drawing on Chinese cultural and philosophical traditions, this book offers a ground breaking reinterpretation of world politics from Yaqing Qin, one of China's leading scholars of international relations. Qin has pioneered the study of constructivism in China and developed a va…