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1 online resource (222 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The cultural lives of law
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Cultural lives of law.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Owen in America : ambiguities in the concept of the Federal system -- Indians and individualists : a multiplicity of sovereignties -- An imperium in imperio : the Mormon empire and later developments -- Another Yoder case : the separatist community and the dissenting individual -- Melting pots and pariah peoples -- Theoreticians : questions left open -- The minority treaties of the League of Nations -- The debate over education : truth, peace, citizenship -- Children and groups : problems in fact and in theory -- Negotiating the frameworks : the problem of the sensitive citizen. |
| Summary |
From outlawing polygamy and mandating public education to protecting the rights of minorities, the framing of group life by the state has been a subject of considerable interest and controversy throughout the history of the United States. The subject continues to be important in many countries. This book deals with state responses to cultural difference through the examination of a number of encounters between individuals, groups, and the state, in the United States and elsewhere. The book opens the concepts of groups and the state, arguing for the complexity of their relations and interpenetrations. Carol Weisbrod draws on richly diverse historical and cultural material to explore various structures that have been seen as appropriate for adjusting relations between states and internal groups. She considers the experience of the Mormons, the Amish, and Native Americans in the United States, the Mennonites in Germany, and the Jews in Russia to illustrate arrangements and accommodations in different times and places. The Minorities Treaties of the League of Nations, political federalism, religious exemptions, nonstate schools, and rules about adoption are among the mechanisms discussed that sustain cultural difference and create frameworks for group life, and, finally, individual life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cultural pluralism.
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Cultural pluralism. |
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Cultural pluralism -- United States.
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United States. |
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Sociological jurisprudence. |
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State, The.
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State, The. |
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Politics and culture.
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Politics and culture. |
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Culture and law.
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Culture and law. |
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United States -- Social policy. |
| Indexed Term |
JSTOR-DDA |
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Multi-User. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weisbrod, Carol. Emblems of pluralism. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2002 0691089248 9780691089249 (DLC) 2003276183 (OCoLC)50715503 |
| ISBN |
9781400825431 (electronic book) |
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1400825431 (electronic book) |
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0691089248 |
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9780691089249 |
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0691089256 |
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9780691089256 |
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