Theorizing Diversity POL 509 Course Syllabus Graduate Seminar, Department of Politics Professor Alan Patten Fall 2010 Contemporary liberal democracies are characterized by important forms of diversity, including racial, religious, cultural, and linguistic diversity. The course examines recent work in normative political theory that debates how liberal democracies ought to respond to these varying forms of diversity. How should concepts of race, religion, and culture be understood by political theorists interested in these debates? Do racial, religious, and/or cultural minorities as such have rights to recognition or accommodation? And what would the basis of any such rights, or of opposition to them, be in the principles of liberal democracy? Books worth acquiring: - Amy Gutmann (ed.) Color Conscious - Tommie Shelby, We Who Are Dark Week 1 Introduction to Course Themes Anthony Appiah, Race, Culture, Identity in Amy Gutmann (ed.) Color Conscious Charles Taylor, The Politics of Recognition, in Amy Gutmann (ed.) Multiculturalism and The Politics of Recognition, and in Taylor, Philosophical Arguments. Week 2 Conceptualizing race Philip Kitcher, The Future of Race, Phil. & Public Affs. (2007) Michael Hardimon, The Ordinary Concept of Race, J. Phil. (2003) Sally Haslanger, Gender, Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be? Noûs 34:1 (March 2000): 31-55. Ian Hacking, Why Race Still Matters, Daedalus (Winter 2005)
2 Ron Mallon, `Race : Normative not Metaphysical or Semantic, Ethics (2006). Week 3 Race and justice Thomas Nagel, Equal Treatment and Compensatory Discrimination, Phil. & Public Affs. (1973). George Sher, Reverse Discrimination, the Future, and the Past, Ethics (1979) Amy Gutmann, Responding to Racial Injustice in Amy Gutmann (ed.) Color Conscious Andrew Altman, Race and Democracy: The Controversy Over Racial Vote Dilution, Phi. & Pub. Affs. (1998) pair of Supreme Court cases (2007) Parents Involved in Community Schools and Meredith v. Jefferson County George Sher, Diversity, Phil. & Public Affs. (1999) Seana Shiffrin, Race, Labor, and the Fair Equality of Opportunity Principle, 72 Fordham Law Review 1643-1675 (2004). Robert S. Taylor, Rawlsian Affirmative Action, Ethics (2009). Tommie Shelby, Justice, Deviance, and the Dark Ghetto, Phil. & Public Affs. (2007) Lani Guinier, [E]racing Democracy: The Voting Rights Cases, Harvard Law Review (1994) Anne Philips, The Politics of Presence Iris Young, Democracy and Inclusion. Week 4 Historical Injustice George Sher, Ancient Wrongs and Modern Rights, P&PA (1981). Jeremy Waldron, Superseding Historical Injustice, Ethics (1992). Janna Thompson, Historical Injustice and Reparation: Justifying Claims of Descendants, Ethics (2001) Andrew I. Cohen, Compensation for Historic Injustices: Completing the Boxill and Sher Argument, P&PA (2009). Further reading: A. John Simmons, Historical Rights and Fair Shares, Law and Philosophy (1995).
3 Week 5 Black Politics and Black Identity in the United States Tommie Shelby, We Who Are Dark. Week 6 Religious Liberty Free Exercise Christopher Eisgruber and Lawrence Sager, Religious Freedom and the Constitution, pp. 51-67, 78-120. Kent Greenawalt, Religion and the Constitution: Vol. I, Free Exercise, pp. 68-108. Martha Nussbaum, Liberty of Conscience, pp. 116-20, 135-74. Brian Barry, Culture and Equality, pp. 32-50. John Rawls, Political Liberalism, pp. 310-24. Supreme Court, Sherbert (1963), Yoder (1972) and Smith (1990) cases. Kent Greenawalt, Religion and the Constitution: Vol. II, Establishment, chs. 16, 21. Nancy Rosenblum (ed.) Religious Accommodation in Pluralist Democracies Amy Gutmann, Identity in Democracy, ch. 4 Stephen Macedo, Liberal Civic Education and Religious Fundamentalism: The Case of God v. John Rawls? Ethics (1995). Brian Barry, Culture & Equality, ch. 5. Alan Patten, Equal Recognition (manuscript), ch. 6 Week 7 Religious Liberty Establishment Kent Greenawalt, Religion and the Constitution: Vol. II, Establishment, chs. 10, 19. Martha Nussbaum, Liberty of Conscience, ch. 6. Joshua Cohen, Religion, Exclusion, and Democracy, (forthcoming paper) Daniel Brudney, On Noncoercive Establishment, Political Theory (2005) Supreme Court, Zelman (2002)
4 Week 8 Liberalism and culture I Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, chs. 5-6. Joseph Raz, Multiculturalism: A Liberal Perspective, ch. 8 of Ethics in the Public Domain Joseph Carens, Culture, Citizenship, and Community, ch. 3. Jeremy Waldron, Minority Cultures and the Cosmopolitan Alternative, U. of Mich. Law Review, excerpt reprinted in Kymlicka (ed.) The Rights of Minority Cultures, 93-119. Alan Patten, Equal Recognition (manuscript), ch. 3. Avishai Margalit and Moshe Halbertal, Liberalism and the Right to Culture, Social Research (1994) John Tomasi, Kymlicka, Liberalism, and Respect for Cultural Minorities, Ethics (1995) Anthony Appiah, Ethics of Identity, ch. 4. Michael Blake, Diversity, Survival, and Assimilation, Journal of Contemp. Legal Issues (2002) Week 9 Liberalism and culture II George Kateb, Notes on Pluralism, Social Research (1994) Brian Barry, Culture and Equality, pp. 19-40, 63-76, 90-109 Sarah Song, Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism, ch. 3 Alan Patten, Liberal Neutrality and Language Policy, P&PA (2003). Alan Patten, Equal Recognition (manuscript), chs. 4-5. Anna Stilz, Civic Nationalism and Language Policy, P&PA (2009). Week 10 Conceptualizing Culture Clifford Geertz, Thick Description: Towards an Interpretive Theory of Culture, in Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures. Ann Phillips, Multiculturalism Without Culture, pp. 11-31, 42-72. Samuel Scheffler, Immigration and the Significance of Culture, P&PA (2007)
5 Alan Patten, Rethinking Culture: The Social Lineage Account, draft manuscript. Anthony Appiah, The Ethics of Identity, ch. 4 Seyla Benhabib, The Claims of Culture. Week 11 Multiculturalism and gender Susan Okin, Feminism and Multiculturalism: Some Tensions, Ethics, 1998 Susan Okin, `Mistresses of their own Destiny: Group Rights, Gender, and Realistic Rights of Exit, Ethics (2002). Ayelet Schahar, On Citizenship and Multicultural Vulnerability, Political Theory (2000). Jeff Spinner, Feminism, Multiculturalism, Oppression, and the State, Ethics (2001) Susan Okin, Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?, including critical responses Anne Phillips, Multiculturalism without Culture Week 12 Multiculturalism and Social Solidarity Will Kymlicka and Keith Banting, Introduction: Multiculturalism and the Welfare State, in Multiculturalism and the Welfare State. David Miller, Multiculturalism and the Welfare State: Theoretical Reflections Paul Sniderman and Luuk Hagendoorn, When Ways of Life Collide. Will Kymlicka, Review of Sniderman and Hagendoorn, Perspectives on Politics (2008: 4) Ted Miguel, Tribe or Nation? Nation-Building and Public Goods in Kenya vs. Tanzania, World Politics (2004) James Habyarimana et al. Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? APSR (2007), and excerpts from their book Coethnicity.