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level but across countries flung far apart. Raw materials from one country are assembled in another and the product marketed in yet another country. Ships built in China reach the scrap-yard in Bangla Desh when they are no longer sea-worthy. The other aspect of globalization, the revolution in communications technology serves to facilitate this integration: most banking and financial transactions are conducted through the Internet. It is no longer necessary for an industrial or financial enterprise to be located in a single physical location. Corporate headquarters could be located in one country and production could take place in another.
This interdependence of economies is accompanied by increased population migrations. The total figures for world migrants increased from 154, 943,333 in 1990 to 190,633,564 in 2005. Until the mid-twentieth century, migration has been mainly from Third World countries towards the affluent countries of the world, Western Europe, North America and Australia. However, recent studies by Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, indicate that migration within Europe is also on the rise. In 2005, the European Union (EU-25) had 462 million inhabitants, 389 million (84 percent) of which were either citizens or foreign residents of the EU-15. The other 73 million were citizens or foreign residents of the 10 new EU Member States. In addition, Spain had the highest figure of migrants.
Object Description
| Title | Negotiating pluralism and tribalism in liberal democratic societies |
| Author | Sadagopan, Shoba |
| Author email | sadagopa@usc.edu; shobasadagopan@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Philosophy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-22 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Lloyd, Sharon |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Dreher, John Keating, Gregory |
| Abstract | My aim in this dissertation is to enquire whether toleration as a practice is achievable. It is prior to the question of how it can be grounded as a virtue. I argue that in liberal democratic societies where there are struggles for recognition on the part of ethnocultural groups, it is possible to negotiate pluralism and tribalism in a way that a stable pluralist society can be maintained. My core thesis rests on a theory of interdependence based both on a theory of human nature and on the material fact of globalization. Insofar as we affirm our nature as human beings engaged in productive activity with other human beings, insofar as we value a world that facilitates that activity, toleration is desirable. It is achievable because with globalization there is a tendency towards homogenization that erodes cultural differences. There is less reason for conflict because what we have in common, our interdependence, goes far deeper than culture. A further sufficient condition may be found in well thought-out policies that are executed through education and dialogue. |
| Keyword | toleration; value pluralism; liberalism; cultural homogenization; globalization; common citizenship |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1658 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Sadagopan, Shoba |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Sadagopan-2395 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Sadagopan-2395.pdf |
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| Title | Page 82 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 79 level but across countries flung far apart. Raw materials from one country are assembled in another and the product marketed in yet another country. Ships built in China reach the scrap-yard in Bangla Desh when they are no longer sea-worthy. The other aspect of globalization, the revolution in communications technology serves to facilitate this integration: most banking and financial transactions are conducted through the Internet. It is no longer necessary for an industrial or financial enterprise to be located in a single physical location. Corporate headquarters could be located in one country and production could take place in another. This interdependence of economies is accompanied by increased population migrations. The total figures for world migrants increased from 154, 943,333 in 1990 to 190,633,564 in 2005. Until the mid-twentieth century, migration has been mainly from Third World countries towards the affluent countries of the world, Western Europe, North America and Australia. However, recent studies by Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, indicate that migration within Europe is also on the rise. In 2005, the European Union (EU-25) had 462 million inhabitants, 389 million (84 percent) of which were either citizens or foreign residents of the EU-15. The other 73 million were citizens or foreign residents of the 10 new EU Member States. In addition, Spain had the highest figure of migrants. |
