Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States »

Monique Deveaux is Associate Professor of Political Science at Williams College, where she teaches courses in contemporary political theory and the history of political thought. She is the author of Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice (Cornell University Press, 2000), a co-editor of Sexual/Cultural Justice: Critical Perspectives in Political Theory and Practice (forthcoming, Routledge), and author of articles on topics ranging from cultural toleration to feminist moral theory in such journals as Political Theory, Social and Theory and Practice, and Political Studies. Deveaux is a recipient of a residential fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard (2001-2) and a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2001). She holds a Ph.D. from University of Cambridge.

Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States explores the challenges that culturally plural liberal states face when they hold competing political commitments to cultural rights and sexual equality, and advances an argument for resolving such dilemmas through democratic dialogue and negotiation. Exploring recent examples of gendered cultural conflicts in South Africa, Canada, and Britain, this book shows that there is an urgent need for workable strategies to mediate the antagonisms between the cultural practices and arrangements of certain ethno-cultural and religious groups and the norms and constitutional rights endorsed by liberal states.

Acknowledgments     vi
Introduction     1
Liberal Approaches to Conflicts of Culture     23
Women's Rights as Human Rights     54
Democratic Deliberation: Empowering Cultural Communities     89
Native Rights and Gender Justice: The Case of Canada     127
Personal Autonomy and Cultural Tradition: The Arranged Marriage Debate in Britain     155
Gender and Cultural Justice in South Africa     186
Conclusion: Legitimizing Democracy and Democratizing Legitimacy     215
Bibliography     229
Index     245