Allan, George.  "Conservatives, Liberals, and the Colonized: Ontological Reflections."  Process Studies 23, nos. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1994): 256-81.

Abstract

For political conservatism, societal integrity depends on a shared tradition of beliefs and practices everyone agrees are fundamentally important.  I argue instead for political liberalism, claiming that societal unity is best achieved by affirming beliefs and practices in which rules nurturing differences regarding importance are what is most important.  I use Whitehead's models of an "actual occasion" and a "structured society" to deploy a theory of "pluralistic hierarchy" as the ontological framework for this analysis.  The dilemma for Cameroonians, wanting both to affirm and deny the African and European traditions that shape them individually and collectively, provides a running illustration.  [Abstract from The Philosopher's Index]