The Rights Revolution
“I’m calling this change the rights revolution, to describe the amazing way in which rights talk has transformed how we think about ourselves as citizens, as men and women, and as parents. The rights revolution took off in the 1960s in all industrialized countries, and it is still running its course. Just think for a minute about how much rights talk there is out there: women’s rights, rights of gays and lesbians, aboriginal rights, children’s rights, language rights, and constitutional rights. ...In one sense, the rights revolution is a story of inclusion, of how previously excluded groups obtained rights of equality. In this regard, the extension of rights has widened and deepened our democracy. In a second sense, however, the rights revolution has been about protecting certain groups from the effects of democracy. Group rights to language and aboriginal rights to land and resources are designed to enable minorities to protect that which is essential to their survival from the power of elective majorities.MoreLess
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