K. Smits 
Reconstructing Post-Nationalist Liberal Pluralism 
From Interest to Identity

This book examines liberal theory’s attempts to accommodate pluralism, asking two fundamental questions: 1. How and why have theorists based their defences and proposed revisions of liberal pluralism upon particular and contestable definitions of what is the relevant and significant plurality? 2. Can a revised liberal pluralism account for the political significance of sub-national identity group membership?

Table of Content

Identity Politics and the Limits of Moral Pluralism Class, Nation and Character in Nineteenth Century Liberal Thought Interest Pluralisms and the Erasure of Social Identity Multicultural Liberalism Representation and Deliberative Liberalism Conclusion: The Case of Muslims in Europe and the United States

About the author

KATHERINE SMITS is Lecturer of Political Science, Auckland University, New Zealand.