Andrea Baumeister offers an illuminating discussion of how contemporary liberals have attempted to respond to the demands of minorities which seek recognition and accommodation in democratic societies. ! The book will be of interest to students of philosophy and political science, who will be in debt to Baumeister for the clarity and dignity of her representation of the 'politics of difference' debate. Baumeister offers a detailed and thoughtful account of the challenge posed to liberal theory by the politics of difference, in both its feminist and multicultural forms. ! Baumeister offers an admirably lucid and detailed survey of contemporary debates within political theory about cultural pluralism. -- Judith Squires, University of Bristol This book will, I have no doubt, mark Andrea Baumeister out as one of the most impressive political theorists of her generation. -- Professor Noel O'Sullivan, University of Hull Baumeister offers an admirably lucid and detailed survey of contemporary debates within political theory about cultural pluralism. Andrea Baumeister offers an illuminating discussion of how contemporary liberals have attempted to respond to the demands of minorities which seek recognition and accommodation in democratic societies. ! The book will be of interest to students of philosophy and political science, who will be in debt to Baumeister for the clarity and dignity of her representation of the 'politics of difference' debate. Baumeister offers a detailed and thoughtful account of the challenge posed to liberal theory by the politics of difference, in both its feminist and multicultural forms. ! Baumeister offers an admirably lucid and detailed survey of contemporary debates within political theory about cultural pluralism. This book will, I have no doubt, mark Andrea Baumeister out as one of the most impressive political theorists of her generation. Baumeister offers an admirably lucid and detailed survey of contemporary debates within political theory about cultural pluralism.
