Kymlicka received his B.A. in philosophy and politics from Queen's University in 1984, and his D.Phil. in philosophy from Oxford University in 1987. He has written many books in culture, race, & politics; these, & his more works use been extensively translated. He is presently (2004) a philosophy prof at Queen's University.

Kymlicka occurs as leader in the field of philosophy of multiculturalism. One of his independent concerns throughout his function is providing a liberal framework for even even a simply professional assistance of minority groups, which he divides into deuce basic categories: polyethnic or immigrant groups, & national minorities (like the American Quebecois, or the Maori of Just released Zealand). Additionally to these ii basic groups, Kymlicka acknowledges a problems that refugees, whether from either conflict or even impoverishment, & minority groups like African-Americans (whose heritage around United states clearly did non start voluntarily) pose for his bivalent distinction.

Within Multicultural Citizenship, Kymlicka argues that class action-specfic rights come two uniform by using liberalism, & possibly particularly appropriate whenever does'nt straight-out demanded, around certain situations. He delimits terzetto such class action-specific rights: favorite class action representation rights (like affirmatory action policies around politics), self-self-rule rights, & polyethnic rights (like a policy exempting Sikhs from either getting to get into bike helmets).

The distinction that Kymlicka draws, which is important to his liberal defense of class action-specific rights for minorities is that between external protection & internal restrictions. Kymlicka argues that external protections between groups can be justified sequentially to promote equality (though it must non leave oppression or even exploitation, when inside Apartheid around South Africa). Internal restrictions, even so, can't exist when justified from either the liberal perspective, insofar as it limit the human's autonomy, though it can be granted within certain instances to national minorities.

Selected Publications
Oxford University Press Liberalism, Community, & Culture (1989) Contemporary Political Philosophy (1990) Multicultural Citizenship (1995) Finding My Way: Rethinking Ethnocultural Relations around Canada (1998) Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism, Citizenship (2001)