Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET June 2019 Political Science
Who wrote the book 'Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights' (1995)?
AT. H. Marshall
BB. S. Turner
CWill Kymlicka ✓ Correct
DBhikhu Parekh
Correct answer: (C) Will Kymlicka — Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights (1995) was written by Will Kymlicka, the Canadian political philosopher.
Explanation
★Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights (1995) was written by Will Kymlicka, the Canadian political philosopher.
★The book argues that group-differentiated rights for minorities are compatible with, not opposed to, liberal democratic principles.
★Kymlicka grounds minority rights in the value of cultural membership: a secure culture gives individuals the context of choice that liberalism prizes.
★He distinguishes national minorities, who may claim self-government, from immigrant groups, who are owed polyethnic rights of accommodation.
★T.H. Marshall is the theorist of social citizenship (Citizenship and Social Class, 1950), and Bryan S. Turner is a sociologist of citizenship, but neither wrote this book.
★Bhikhu Parekh wrote Rethinking Multiculturalism (2000), a different landmark, so he is the trap here.
★Spotting cue: the 1995 title with the words liberal theory of minority rights is always Kymlicka.
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