Groups and Group Rights Book

General Introduction: Groups, Selves and the StateChristine Sistare

Part I: The Nature of Groups and Group Rights

Introduction: Alternatives for a Theory of Group Rights Carl Wellman

Group Rights and Social Ontology Carol Gould

Nonvoluntary Social Groups Ann Cudd

What Are Group Rights? George Rainbolt

Institutions: A Technique for Analyzing Group Entitlements Christopher Gray

Groups: Rights, Wrongs, and Culture Thomas W. Simon

Part II: Groups and Democratic Theory

Introduction: Groups and Democratic Theory Larry May

Democracy and the Problem of Persistent Minorities Steven Lee

Group Values and Liberal Democracy Joan McGregor

Rights, Democracy and Distribution: Economic Justice Rex Martin

Duties of Group Membership: Justice as Reciprocity and Liberal Democratic Institutions Patricia Smith

Recognition, Identity, and the Accommodation of Differences: Groups in the Liberal State

Part III: Cultural, Ethnic, and Religious Rights

Introduction Leslie Francis

Indigenous Groups and American Democracy: Substantive Approaches to Cultural Pluralism Rebecca Tsosie

Group Land Rights Edmund Abegg

In Defense of the Diversity State Robert N. Van Wyk

Group Rights, Autonomy, and the Free Exercise of Religion Erik A. Anderson

One Cheer for Affirmative Action William Nelson

Index BACK COVER: "Groups and group rights are lively topics these days, and this readable volume does a nice job of covering them. One of its strengths is that it forms a coherent whole, as does each of its three sections. The introductory essays are extremely helpful in explicating that coherence, and most of them are significant pieces in their own right."—Richard T. De George, author of Business Ethics and The Nature and Limits of Authority

"Comprehensive and current, this volume will be of great interest to philosophers, as well as to political scientists, legal theorists, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates."—David Ingram, author of Group Rights and Habermas and the Dialectic of Reason

Larry May is professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis and author of Sharing Responsibility and Masculinity and Morality.

Leslie Francis is professor of philosophy at the University of Utah and author of Sexual Harassment in Academe. Contributors: Edmund Abegg, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Erik A. Anderson, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Ann Cudd, University of Kansas
Leslie Francis, University of Utah
Emily R. Gill, Bradley University
Carol Gould, Stevens Institute of Technology
Christopher Gray, Concordia University, Montreal
Steven Lee, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Rex Martin, University of Kansas (emeritus)
Larry May, Washington University, St. Louis
Joan McGregor, Arizona State University
William Nelson, University of Houston
George Rainbolt, Georgia State University
Thomas W. Simon, Illinois State University, Normal
Christine Sistare, Center for Ethics, Muhlenberg College
Patricia Smith, Baruch College, CUNY
Rebecca Tsosie, Arizona State University Law School
Robert N. Van Wyk, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
Carl Wellman, Washington University, St. Louis