The Clash of Rights: Liberty, Equality, and Legitimacy in Pluralist Democracy

This provocative book analyzes why individuals in pluralist democracies disagree collectively about the rights and values they agree on individually. Based on interviews with thousands of citizens and political decision-makers in Canada, The Clash of Rights explores the politics of a wide array of issues-from government wiretapping to antihate legislation-and challenges some of our most commonly held assumptions about democratic politics.