The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic reductionism, cultural stereotyping, and a hierarchy of traditional and modern. In this volume, Anne Phillips firmly rejects the notion that ‘culture’ might justify the oppression of women, but also queries the stereotypical binaries that have represen...
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Acknowledgements vi
1 Introduction 1
2 Multiculturalism, universalism and the claims of democracy 16
3 Dilemmas of gender and culture: the judge, the democrat...
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Anne Phillips is Professor of Political and Gender Theory at London School of Economics and Political Science.
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