Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

4-2001

Abstract

Multiculturalism and feminism are in tension to the extent that multiculturalism is a doctrine that condones the tolera- tion of cultural communities which might not respect or value women's concerns or interests. This has led some feminist think- ers, notably Susan Okin, to ask whether multiculturalism is bad for women. This paper agrees with Okin that there is a tension between feminism and multiculturalism - some of her critics to the contrary notwithstanding - but argues that multiculturalism should take preceden

Discipline

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | International Relations

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Public Affairs Quarterly

Volume

15

Issue

2

First Page

83

Last Page

98

ISSN

0887-0373

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

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