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Liberalism And The Politics Of Difference

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Review Andrea Baumeister offers an illuminating discussion of how contemporary liberals have attempted to respond to the demands of minorities which seek recognition and accommodation in democratic societies. … The book will be of interest to students of philosophy and political science, who will be in debt to Baumeister for the clarity and dignity of her representation of the 'politics of difference' debate., The Philosophical QuarterlyBaumeister offers an admirably lucid and detailed survey of contemporary debates within political theory about cultural pluralism., Government and OppostitionThis book will, I have no doubt, mark Andrea Baumeister out as one of the most impressive political theorists of her generation. -- Professor Noel O’Sullivan, University of HullBaumeister offers a detailed and thoughtful account of the challenge posed to liberal theory by the politics of difference, in both its feminist and multicultural forms. … Baumeister offers an admirably lucid and detailed survey of contemporary debates within political theory about cultural pluralism. -- Judith Squires, University of Bristol Product Description This book offers an integrated overview of the themes and discourses of feminism and multiculturalism which inform the 'politics of difference'; an area of burgeoning interest in contemporary political theory. Andrea Baumeister introduces the challenge posed by the proponents of diversity to liberalist theorists such as Rawls, Raz and Kymlicka, and outlines their responses to this challenge.While other texts cover either feminism or multiculturalism within 'Identity Politics', no other book brings these strands of thought together, recognising their common themes. About the Author Andrea Baumeister is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling