The Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism

Scholars of philosophy, political science, and anthropology at universities in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US are the contributors to this collection of 15 essays, providing overviews of their separate areas of study with attention to the theoretical bases for multiculturalism, its political manifestations, and controversies within the field. Part of a superb series of companions directed to the undergraduate and graduate researcher, as well as for use in courses, the volume provides a rich source of material relevant to current political and social realities. A sampling of the chapter topics includes multiculturalism and the social sphere, with discussion of faith and gender and focus on Canadian issues; the limits of liberal toleration, with in-depth discussion of the writings of Rainer Forst; the importance to multiculturalism of the concept of recognition; and using postcolonial theory as an approach. Ivison teaches political philosophy at the U. of Sydney, Australia. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Duncan Ivison is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published widely and is the author of 'The Self at Liberty' (1997), 'Postcolonial Liberalism' (2002) and co-editor of 'Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' (2000).