This report is about the questions of how best to manage and mitigate conflict over language, religion, culture and ethnicity, which have taken on renewed importance. The following issues are discussed:
- Cultural liberty and human development
- Challenges for cultural liberty
- Building multicultural democracies
- Confronting movements for cultural domination
- Globalization and cultural choice
This is an independent study intended to stimulate debate and discussion around an important issue, rather than a statement of United Nations or UNDP policy.