Four questions to Will Kymlicka
While liberal values can be twisted to justify limiting civil rights, religious authorities may not replace civil law, argues Will Kymlicka. "The same forces that support ethnic politics within liberal democracy also operate over time to channel it in peaceful and democratic ways." [ more ]
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is Asia editor at the German daily tageszeitung (taz) in Berlin.
Protests are becoming increasingly frequent and courageous in China. At the same time, leaders in Beijing are reacting more flexibly – as long as the Communist Party's monopoly on power is not threatened. [more]
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