1st Edition

Minorities in the Open Society Prisoners of Ambivalence

By Geoff Dench Copyright 1986
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

Minorities in the Open Society (1986) challenges optimistic assumptions regarding race relations in western nations, namely that social justice will prevail without much effort. It examines the interests behind public affirmations of commitment to integration, and presents a range of contemporary and historical material which illustrate the double-binds created for minorities by the dominant... Read more

Part 1. The Ambivalent State  1. Two Faces of Modern Nationalism  2. Serving Two Masters  Part 2. Captive Leaders  3. Pierre Trudeau in Thrall to Canadian Integrity  4. The Red Tsar as a Pawn of Great Russian Chauvinism  5. JFK: Messenger for Second Reconstruction  6. Disraeli’s Tribute to British Imperialism  Part 3. Torments in Captivity  7. The Treadmill of Ethnic Honour  8. On the Rack of Democratic Politics  9. Trials of Commitment  Part 4. The Framework of Containment  10. The Power of Communalism  11. Minority Rights and National Strategies  12. Discrimination and the Liberal Social Order

Biography

Geoff Dench