Is it possible, in a modern, pluralistic society, to promote common bonds of citizenship while accommodating ethnocultural diversity? This work examines points of conflict and convergence between concerns for citizenship and diversity in democracies, reassessing and refining existing theories.

1. Citizenship in Diverse Societies: an introduction ; PART I: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY ; 2. Discrimination and Religious Schooling ; 3. Extending Diversity: Religion in Public and Private Education ; PART II: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND GROUP REPRESENTATION ; 4. What Does a Representative Do? Descriptive Representation in Communicative Settings of Distrust, Uncrystallized Interests, and Historically Denigrated Status ; 5. The Uneasy Alliance of Deliberative Democracy and Group Representation ; PART III: IMMIGRATION, IDENTITY AND MULTICULTURALISM ; 6. Cultural Identity and Civic Responsibility ; 7. Anti-Essentialism, Multiculturalism and the Recognition of Religious Groups ; PART IV: GENDER AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY ; 8. Should Church and State be Joined at the Altar: Women's Rights and the Multicultural Dilemma ; 9. Female Autonomy and Cultural Imperative: Two Hearts Beating Together ; PART V: LANGUAGE RIGHTS ; 10. Official Language Rights: Intrinsic Value and the Protection of Difference ; 11. Citizenship and Official Bilingualism in Canada ; PART VI: THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ; 12. Three Modes of Incorporating Indigenous Law ; 13. Landed Citizenship: Narratives of Aboriginal Political Participation ; PART VII: FEDERALISM AND NATIONALISM ; 14. Sustainable Federalism, Democratisation and Distributive Justice ; 15. Why Stay Together: A Pluralist Approach to Secession and Federation

The fifteen very substantial chapters in Citizenship in Diverse Societies give an immensely comprehensive analysis of some of the key problems in bringing culture into the sphere of citizenship ... excellent volume.

`this is a high-quality collection' Ross Poole, Radical Philosophy 107 (May/June2001) `The editors' introduction provides an excellent survey of the current state of play within Anglophone political philosophy' Ross Poole, Radical Philosophy 107 (May/June 2001) `This collection is of uniformly high quality.' E.R.Gill, Choice, March 2001 Vol. 38, No. 07. `I would recommend this book as a stimulating and worthy addition to an expanding literature, and would especially recommend it to those who already accept the case for group rights.' Philip Parvin, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1 `This book contains fourteen essays written by some of the best and most thought-provoking writers on this subject, as well as an extended introduction that places these essays in the context of the wider debate.' Philip Parvin, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1 `this collection represents an invaluable contribution to this literature' Philip Parvin, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1 `this is a good book with which to agree and disagree.' Jean Laponce, Canadian Rev. of Studies in Nationalism, XXVII, 2000.

Edited by the leading scholar in the field and author of Multicultural Citizenship Contributions from distinguished scholars in the field Explores theoretical issues in the course of examining concrete experience in public policy Contains a lengthy, comprehensive introduction to the central debates of recent political theorizing about citizenship in pluralistic democratic societies.

Edited by the leading scholar in the field and author of Multicultural Citizenship Contributions from distinguished scholars in the field Explores theoretical issues in the course of examining concrete experience in public policy Contains a lengthy, comprehensive introduction to the central debates of recent political theorizing about citizenship in pluralistic democratic societies.