A Deliberative Approach to Conflicts of Culture  

Oleh:

Deveaux, Monique

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Political Theory vol. 31 no. 6 (Des. 2003), page 780-807.
Topik: cultural conflict; deliberation; deliberative democracy; negotiation; customary law
Fulltext: 780PT316.pdf (125.48KB)

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How should liberal democratic states respond to cultural practices and arrangements that run afoul of liberal norms and laws? This article argues for a reframing of the challenges posed by traditional or nonliberal cultural minorities. The author suggests that viewed fromupclose , such dilemmas are revealed to be primarily intracultural rather than intercultural conflicts, and reflect the political and practical interests of factions of communities much more than deepmoral differences. Using the example of the reform of customary marriage laws in post-apartheid South Africa, this article makes the case for a more pragmatic, politically focused approach to resolving conflicts of culture that it is argued is both more democratic and effective than alternatives recently advanced by liberals and deliberative democracy theorists.

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