Minority Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: The Prospects for Transformative Change
Will Kymlicka, "Minority Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: The Prospects for Transformative Change "
English | ISBN: 1138671991 | 2016 | 132 pages | EPUB | 261 KB
English | ISBN: 1138671991 | 2016 | 132 pages | EPUB | 261 KB
Projects of democratic reform in the Middle East and North Africa have said little about the place of minorities and minority rights in their vision of reform, implying that these issues are best deferred to some indefinite future. While many people describe the Arab Spring as a ‘battle for pluralism’, there is a reluctance to discuss what this pluralism might actually mean for the political claims of minorities, for fear of triggering divisive conflicts and undemocratic tendencies. Is there an alternative to this fearful deferral of minority politics? Can we imagine ‘transformative minority politics’ – that is, a form of minority politics that strengthens democratic reform in the region, and that helps deepen a culture of human rights and democratic citizenship?
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