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Jul 2007
15m 46s

Anne Phillips on Multiculturalism

EDMONDS AND WARBURTON
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Should members of a minority group be left to lead their lives as they see fit, even where their values differ from those of the majority? Anne Phillips, author of a recent book on multiculturalism, addresses the difficult question of how people from different cultures can live together without conflict. 
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