TY - BOOK ID - 104096766 TI - Majorities, minorities, and the future of nationhood AU - Orgad, Liʼav AU - Koopmans, Ruud PY - 2023 SN - 1009233335 100923336X 1009233378 9781009233347 9781009233354 1009233343 9781009233378 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Liberalism. KW - Majorities KW - Minorities KW - Interagency coordination. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory KW - Political activity. KW - Coordination, Interagency KW - Interagency cooperation KW - Cooperation KW - Public administration KW - Intergovernmental cooperation KW - Ethnic politics KW - Minorities in politics KW - Elections KW - Representative government and representation KW - Voting KW - Liberal egalitarianism KW - Liberty KW - Political science KW - Social sciences KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - Political systems UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:104096766 AB - The design of democratic institutions includes a variety of barriers to protect against the tyranny of the majority, including international human rights, cultural minority rights, and multiculturalism. In the twenty-first century, majorities have re-asserted themselves, sometimes reasonably, referring to social cohesion and national identity, at other times in the form of populist movements challenging core foundations of liberal democracy. This volume intervenes in this debate by examining the legitimacy of conflicting majority and minority claims. Are majorities a legal concept, holding rights and subject to limitations? How can we define a sense of nationhood that brings groups together rather than tears them apart? In this volume, world-leading experts are brought together for the first time to debate the rights of both majorities and minorities. The outcome is a fascinating exchange on one of the greatest challenges facing liberal democracies today. ER -