Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Money Changes Everything, Individual And Group Rights, Egalitarianism
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Ghettoization: stay in groups, encouraging ethno groups to retrieve back to their groups. Emphasizes our differences rather than what we share in common as citizens. Danger of internal restrictions: individuals of ethno cultural minority groups in danger of oppression by their group leaders. Not following alleged obligations of such group= oppression. External protections: protections for members of minority groups, group differentiated rights, prevent minority member from being discriminated. Integration on fair terms: point citizenship gets people together. Group rights aim is inclusion of ethno cultural minority groups within national public sphere on equal terms. (recognition) Can create reliable commitment to the welfare state: integrate better being treated with respect, thus reliable commitment. Oct 9 lec 11: marx on money and property. Money transforms human relationships: relationship turns into a commodity (bought, sold, and traded-degradation) Money talk debases our language: human to speak of needs- net worth.