{"product_id":"multicultural-odysseys-9780199280407","title":"Multicultural Odysseys","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are currently witnessing the global diffusion of multiculturalism, both as a political discourse and as a set of international legal norms. States today are under increasing international scrutiny regarding their treatment of ethnocultural groups, and are expected to meet evolving international standards regarding the rights of indigenous peoples, national minorities, and immigrants. This phenomenon represents a veritable revolution in international relations, yet has received little public or scholarly attention. In this book, Kymlicka examines the factors underlying this change, and the challenges it raises. Against those critics who argue that multiculturalism is a threat to universal human rights, Kymlicka shows that the sort of multiculturalism that is being globalized is inspired and constrained by the human rights revolution, and embedded in a framework of liberal-democratic values. However, the formulation and implementation of these international norms has generated a numbe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...it is the first of its kind in breadth and depth of research...A theoretician, Kymlicka is at home writing conceptually, but his writing is wonderfully clear...he has offered a hugely important volume, and a readable one at that. * Jenifer Curtis, in Globe and Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: THE (RE)-INTERNATIONALIZATION OF STATE-MINORITY RELATIONS; PART II: MAKING SENSE OF LIBERAL MULTICULTURALISM; PART III: PARADOXES IN THE GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF LIBERAL MULTICULTURALISM","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767001940311,"sku":"9780199280407","price":76.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199280407.jpg?v=1758711983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/multicultural-odysseys-9780199280407","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}