Is Constitutional Patriotism Possible In Multicultural Societies? Cover Image

Da li je ustavni patriotizam moguć u multikulturnim društvima?
Is Constitutional Patriotism Possible In Multicultural Societies?

Author(s): Nikola Beljinac
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: constitutional patriotism; multiculturalism; political loyalty; integration; stability; political culture

Summary/Abstract: The text considers a possible direction of reconciliation of cultural pluralism, on one hand, and imperative of social unity and democratic legitimacy, on the other. The theory of constitutional patriotism is in the centre of this normative solution. The first part of the paper is devoted to positioning of the concept of patriotism within contemporary political theory. Later on, the author confronts the best known theories of constitutional patriotism with demands of policy of recognition. In the final chapter, the author supports the thesis that the concept of constitutional patriotism, in relation to competitive strategies of liberal proceduralism and liberal nationalism, is a more appropriate model of political integration in multicultural societies.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 225-236
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian