The politics of group rights; the state of multiculturalism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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0761832467

The politics of group rights; the state of multiculturalism.

Ed. by Ishtiaq Ahmed.

Univ. Press of America

2005

220 pages

$32.00

Paperback

KJC5132

Nine papers from a September 2001 conference in Stockholm disc...

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