George Mason University: Marlies Galenkam's "Group Identity and Individual Autonomy within Liberal Democracies: In Search of Guidelines"
Read this article, which tackles the complex relationships between individuals and groups as well as between minority groups and the dominant society. Succinctly put, she asks and attempts to answer questions pertaining to the acceptable limitations of tolerance for the norms and practices of minority societies when they are in conflict with those of the dominant society. An underlying theme is the apparent tension between individual and collective human rights: when may the free will of an individual or group be curtailed for purposes of protecting and promoting human rights?
Click http://web.archive.org/web/20150420225811/http://www.gmu.edu/programs/icar/pcs/galenkam.htm link to open resource.