CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Csomor, Gábor |
|---|---|
| Title | Liberal Multiculturalism: Official Language Use and Education |
| Summary | This thesis constitutes an exercise in political philosophy on the theme of liberal multiculturalism. It does so by reflecting on two contemporary dilemmas from the case of Hungarian minority community in Slovakia. One of these dilemmas pertains to official language use, and the aim of the thesis is to explore possible moral justifications for an officially bilingual regime. The other dilemma pertains to education, and in this context, the thesis seeks to answer the question whether it is right for minority parents to enroll their child to minority language schools, and thereby perpetuate their minority status. Finally, in the last section, the thesis also briefly addresses the issue of political education and asks what the content of citizenship education should be in a linguistically divided community. The conclusions reached in the thesis suggest a more extensive minority language rights regime in the context of official language use, but a less extensive one in the sphere of education than they are currently at place in Slovakia. |
| Supervisor | Moles, Andres |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/csomor_gabor.pdf |
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