Mckinnon, Catriona, Dr

The Culture of Toleration and Diverse Societies: Reasonable Tolerance Mckinnon, Catriona, Dr

Marc Notes: Originally published: 2003.; Toleration is one of the most important issues for the definition of a moral and political theory with application to modern globalized societies. This text recognises the new terms of the debate and reflects the cross-thematic and cross-disciplinary nature of discussions.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Catriona McKinnon is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of York. Dario Castiglione is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Exeter. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Reasonable toleration * Part 1. Re--thinking toleration: Toleration and reasonableness -- Jeremy Waldron * The reasonableness of pluralism -- Susan Mendus and Matt Matravers * Tolerance and the character of pluralism -- Catriona McKinnon * Toleration, justice and reason -- Rainer Forst * Recognition without ethics? -- Nancy Fraser * Part 2. The contexts of toleration: Reflexive toleration in a deliberative democracy -- James Bohman * City Life and community: Complementary or incompatible ideals -- Andrew Mason * Social ethos and the dynamics of toleration -- Jonathan Wolff * Toleration and laicite -- Cecile Laborde * Toleration of religious discrimination in employment -- Stuart White * Education to tolerance: Some philosophical obstacles and their resolution -- David HeydPublisher Marketing: Toleration is one of the most important issues for the definition of a moral and political theory with application to modern globalized societies. This text recognises the new terms of the debate and reflects the cross-thematic and cross-disciplinary nature of discussions. Contributor Bio:  McKinnon, Catriona, Dr Catriona Mckinnon is at the Department of Politics, University of York. Contributor Bio:  Castiglione, Dario Dario Castiglione is Reader in Political Theory at the University of Exeter. His main research interests are in the history of political thought, theories of democracy and civil society, and European constitutionalism. Jan W. van Deth is Professor of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research at the University of Mannheim (Germany). He was Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and is a Corresponding Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hewas convenor of the international network Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) of the European Science Foundation and is national coordinator of the German team for the European Social Survey. Guglielmo Wolleb is Professor of Economics at the University of Parma (Italy). He teaches Microeconomics and European Regional Policies, and is Director of the Master in 'Manager of development and cohesion policies, ' and President of the Post- Graduate Course 'Local development and internationalcooperation'. His current research focuses on local development policies in Italy and Europe.