Whose right is it anyway?: equality and conflicts between state policy, culture and rights in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Conference or seminar papers
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Bentley
KEYWORDS: CULTURAL PLURALISM, CULTURE, EQUALITY, GENDER, HUMAN RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 2509
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8104
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8104
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Bentley
KEYWORDS: CULTURAL PLURALISM, CULTURE, EQUALITY, GENDER, HUMAN RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 2509
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8104
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8104
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Abstract
The contemporary debate between liberalism and multiculturalism is often cast in the mould of a conflict between the rights of individuals and the cultural claims of groups. In modern liberal democracies, the state has to negotiate between these two frequently incompatible claims, and formulate policy and legislation in such a way that is both sensitive to the claims of groups, while still protecting the rights of vulnerable persons, in particular women and children, within those groups.-
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