2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The transformation of contemporary American liberalism and the revision of "Minority Rights" Theories: Theoretical and practical consequences of "Liberalism Debate"
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17530109
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Politics
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Research Institution | Kobe University |
Principal Investigator |
IIDA Fumio Kobe University, Graduate School of Law, Professor (70184356)
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Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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Keywords | Political Science / History of political thought / Multiculturalism / Liberalism / United States of America / John Rawls / Will Kvmlicka / Iris Young |
Research Abstract |
This research first examined the recent developments of minority rights theories and their critics. It revealed that the recent writings of major minority rights theorists such as Kymlicka are heavily influenced by recent theory of Iris Young, who attempts to include identity claims of woman, elderly people and handicapped. The research also attempted to show that a workable differentiation of recent objections to minority rights argument can be classified into rights-based objections, basic rights objections, and equality objections, respectively. Finally, it also found out that the recent theories of minority rights seem to share some common grounds with the theories of deliberative democracies and theories of citizenship since minority theorists today are really keen to secure social integration. Second, this research also attempted to compare the features of contemporary American minority rights arguments with those of minority theories of different times and places. It found out that contemporary American arguments have significant affinities with those of inter-war America and Britain who also suffered from conflicts among minority cultures. It also found out that contemporary American arguments have affinities with postwar Japanese liberal arguments in the sense that both of these arguments have serious concerns with diversity and pluralities.
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[Journal Article] Equality2000
Author(s)
Fumio, Iida
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Journal Title
Contemporary political theory(Kawasaki Osamu and Sugita Atsushi (eds.))(Yuhikaku publishers) 97-135
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Presentation] 運命と平等2007
Author(s)
飯田文雄
Organizer
立命館大学 政治思想読書会
Place of Presentation
京都
Year and Date
2007-03-24
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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