Can Universal Liberalism be Effective without Collective Rights?
A Response to Offe
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Claus Offe's article “Political Liberalism, Group Rights, and the Politics of Fear and Trust”, deals with one of the most complicated problems facing world politics today and will continue to do so in the future - Ethnic groups’ politics. In my opinion, this issue will occupy the center of world politics at all levels (local, regional and international) in the coming decades; groups will raise their various demands and will be prepared to struggle in order to fulfill their needs. While I do agree with Offe that liberal rights compose one side of the answer to groups rights, I additionally claim that collective rights are equally important and must be included in any format for effectively dealing with the serious challenge of political stability in fragmented societies.
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