Multiculturalism, religion and women...
Macey, Marie.

 

  • Multiculturalism, religion and women[electronic resource] :doingharm by doing good? /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 305.42
    書名/作者: Multiculturalism, religion and women : doingharm by doing good? // Marie Macey.
    作者: Macey, Marie.
    出版者: Basingstoke : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
    面頁冊數: xvi, 209 p. ;; 23 cm.
    標題: Minority women - Social conditions.
    標題: Multiculturalism.
    標題: Sex discrimination against women.
    標題: Culture conflict.
    標題: Women and religion.
    標題: Feminism.
    ISBN: 9780230245174
    ISBN: 023024517X
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: Preface -- The What and Why of Multiculturalism -- Multiculturalism,God and Gender -- Multiculturalism in Practice: Forced Marriage -- Multiculturalism and Liberal Democracy -- So What's Wrong With Multiculturalism? -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- Bibliography.
    摘要、提要註: This book started as an affirmative answer to the late Susan Moller Okin's question: is multiculturalism bad for women? Over time, however,the suspicion grew that multiculturalism is not only bad for minority ethnic women, but for their male counterparts, young people, and, indeed, for minority ethnic and religious communities as a whole. Once research showed that this suspicion is supported by empirical evidence, it is clear that multiculturalism is actually bad for majorities as well asminorities; indeed, for liberal democracy, and thus for British society as a whole. This suspicion is also confirmed by empirical evidence, particularly in the arenas of academia, policy-making and professional practice, where the dominance of multiculturalism as a political ideology has had profoundly negative consequences. This controversial book analyses these arenas, including the suppression of research findings, the law-making process, and the paralysing of professional practice.
    電子資源: access to fulltext (Palgrave)
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