Tolerance, Intolerance and Respect: Hard to Accept? (Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series) - Hardcover

“The editors have done a fine job in bringing together a range of expert perspectives from across the social and political sciences. This book will appeal to those interested in the normative and empirical analysis of ethnic and cultural diversity. It is a timely addition to an important debate on precisely what it means to accept cultural diversity in modern liberal democratic states.” (Daniel Savery, Political Studies Review, Vol. 13 (4), 2015)

The focus on how 'otherness' is defined in different ways, at different times, and in different national formations, with consequences for the shifting boundary between the tolerable and the intolerable, is especially valuable. But all the chapters have something thought-provoking to say, and the volume as a whole succeeds in drawing together the different intellectual approaches to diversity and tolerance. - Ethnic and Racial Studies

With the ethnic, cultural and religious diversity that is a feature of European societies today, pluralism is experienced in new and challenging ways. In many places, an urban cosmopolitan mix sits side by side with group-based expressions of faith and culture. The debate about the types of 'acceptance' that these situations require tend to follow new patterns. Increasing openness and respect for some may rest upon a reinforced intolerance towards others. This complicates and challenges our understanding of what it means for societies to be accepting, tolerant or respectful of cultural diversity in its various forms. This volume seeks to meet this challenge with perspectives that consider new dynamics towards tolerance, intolerance and respect.