Challenging Multiculturalism

Author : Raymond Taras
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748664597

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Challenging Multiculturalism by Raymond Taras Pdf

Tackles the challenge of dismantling the multicultural model without destroying diversity in European society* Have Europeans become hostile to multiculturalism? * When people vote for anti-immigration parties, do they also support their anti-multiculturalism policies? * And are right-wing extremists becoming the storm troopers of the struggle against diversity?In recent years, European political leaders from Angela Merkel to David Cameron have discarded the term 'multiculturalism' and now express scepticism, criticism and even hostility towards multicultural ways of organising their societies. Yet they are unprepared to reverse the diversity existing in their states. These contradictory choices have different political consequences in the countries examined in this book. The future of European liberalism is being played out as multicultural notions of belonging, inclusion, tolerance and the national home are brought into question.

Author : Patti Tamara Lenard
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271058887

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Trust, Democracy, and Multicultural Challenges by Patti Tamara Lenard Pdf

Banning minarets by referendum in Switzerland, publicly burning Korans in the United States, prohibiting kirpans in public spaces in Canada—these are all examples of the rising backlash against diversity that is spreading across multicultural societies. Trust has always been precarious, and never more so than as a result of increased immigration. The number of religions, races, ethnicities, and cultures living together in democratic communities and governed by shared political institutions is rising. The failure to construct public policy to cope with this diversity—to ensure that trust can withstand the pressure that diversity can pose—is a failure of democracy. The threat to trust originates in the perception that the values and norms that should underpin a public culture are no longer truly shared. Therefore, societies must focus on building trust through a revitalized public culture. In Trust, Democracy, and Multicultural Challenges, Patti Tamara Lenard plots a course for this revitalization. She argues that trust is at the center of effective democratic politics, that increasing ethnocultural diversity as a result of immigration may generate distrust, and therefore that democratic communities must work to generate the conditions under which trust between newcomers and “native” citizens can be built, so that the quality of democracy is sustained.

Author : Christos Kassimeris,Marios Vryonides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136627316

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The Politics of Education by Christos Kassimeris,Marios Vryonides Pdf

This book comprises a collection of studies of European and North American educational systems. It assesses the ways in which governance institutions, political ideologies and competing interests influence the content, form, and functioning of education, and how the formation of national identities is affected by globalization and multiculturalism.

Author : Jeffrey G. Reitz,Raymond Breton,Karen Kisiel Dion,Kenneth L. Dion
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402099588

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Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion by Jeffrey G. Reitz,Raymond Breton,Karen Kisiel Dion,Kenneth L. Dion Pdf

Does multiculturalism ‘work’? Does multiculturalism policy create social cohesion, or undermine it? Multiculturalism was introduced in Canada in the 1970s and widely adopted internationally, but more recently has been hotly debated, amid new concerns about social, cultural, and political impacts of immigration. Advocates praise multiculturalism for its emphasis on special recognition for cultural minorities as facilitating their social integration, while opponents charge that multiculturalism threatens social cohesion by encouraging social isolation. Multiculturalism is thus rooted in a theory of human behaviour, and this book examines the empirical validity of some of its basic propositions, focusing on Canada as the country for which the most enthusiastic claims for multiculturalism have been made. The analysis draws on the massive national Ethnic Diversity Survey of over 41,000 Canadians in 2002, the most extensive survey yet conducted on this question. The analysis provides a new and more nuanced understanding of the complex relation between multiculturalism and social cohesion, challenging uncritically optimistic or pessimistic views. Ethnic community ties facilitate some aspects of social integration, while discouraging others. For racial minorities, relations within and outside minority communities are greatly complicated by more frequent experiences of discrimination and inequality, slowing processes of social integration. Implications for multicultural policies emphasize that race relations present important challenges across Quebec and the rest of Canada, including for the new religious minorities, and that ethnic community development requires more explicit support for social integration.

Author : Gilles Paquet
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780776617503

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Deep Cultural Diversity by Gilles Paquet Pdf

Political commentator and public policy analyst Gilles Paquet examines the benefits and drawbacks of Canada's multiculturalism policy. He rejects the current policy which perpetuates difference and articulates a model for Canadian transculturalism, a more fluid understanding of multiculturalism based on the philosophy of cosmopolitanism which would strengthen moral contracts and encourage the social engagement of all Canadians.

Author : David Yamane
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780801877209

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Student Movements for Multiculturalism by David Yamane Pdf

Beginning with the premise that a comprehensive understanding of American life must confront the issue of race, sociologist David Yamane explores efforts by students and others to address racism and racial inequality—to challenge the color line—in higher education. By 1991, nearly half of all colleges and universities in the United States had established a multicultural general education requirement. Yamane examines how such requirements developed at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin at Madison during the late 1980s, when these two schools gained national attention in debates over the curriculum. Based on interviews, primary documents, and the existing literature on race and ethnic relations, education, cultural conflict, and the sociology of organizations, Student Movements for Multiculturalism makes an important contribution to our understanding of how curricular change occurs and concludes that multiculturalism represents an opening, not a closing, of the American mind.

Author : Fethi Mansouri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319160030

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Cultural, Religious and Political Contestations by Fethi Mansouri Pdf

This book examines the foundations of multiculturalism in the context of émigré societies and from a multi-dimensional perspective. The work considers the politics of multiculturalism and focuses on how the discourse of cultural rights and intercultural relations in western societies can and should be accounted for at a philosophical, as well as performative level. Theoretical perspectives on current debates about cultural diversity, religious minorities and minority rights emerge in this volume. The book draws our attention to the polarised nature of contemporary multicultural debates through a well-synthesised series of empirical case studies that are grounded in solid epistemological foundations and contributed by leading experts from around the world. Readers will discover a fresh re-examination of prominent multicultural settings such as Canada and Australia but also an emphasis on less examined case studies among multicultural societies, as with New Zealand and Italy. Authors engage critically and innovatively with the various ethical challenges and policy dilemmas surrounding the management of cultural and religious diversity in our contemporary societies. Comparative perspectives and a focus on core questions related to multiculturalism, not only at the level of practice but also from historical and philosophical perspectives, tie these chapters from different disciplines together. This work will appeal to a multi-disciplinary audience, including scholars of political philosophy, sociology, religious studies and those with an interest in migration, culture and religion in contemporary societies.

Author : Richard A., Shweder,Martha Minow,Hazel Rose Markus
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610445009

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Engaging Cultural Differences by Richard A., Shweder,Martha Minow,Hazel Rose Markus Pdf

Liberal democracies are based on principles of inclusion and tolerance. But how does the principle of tolerance work in practice in countries such as Germany, France, India, South Africa, and the United States, where an increasingly wide range of cultural groups holds often contradictory beliefs about appropriate social and family life practices? As these democracies expand to include peoples of vastly different cultural backgrounds, the limits of tolerance are being tested as never before. Engaging Cultural Differences explores how liberal democracies respond socially and legally to differences in the cultural and religious practices of their minority groups. Building on such examples, the contributors examine the role of tolerance in practical encounters between state officials and immigrants, and between members of longstanding majority groups and increasing numbers of minority groups. The volume also considers the theoretical implications of expanding the realm of tolerance. Some contributors are reluctant to broaden the scope of tolerance, while others insist that the notion of "tolerance" is itself potentially confining and demeaning and that modern nations should aspire to celebrate cultural differences. Coming to terms with ethnic diversity and cultural differences has become a major public policy concern in contemporary liberal democracies, as they struggle to adjust to burgeoning immigrant populations. Engaging Cultural Differences provides a compelling examination of the challenges of multiculturalism and reveals a deep understanding of the challenges democracies face as they seek to accommodate their citizens' diverse beliefs and practices.

Author : Alberto Spektorowski,Daphna Elfersy
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472132164

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From Multiculturalism to Democratic Discrimination by Alberto Spektorowski,Daphna Elfersy Pdf

The effect of Islam on Western Europe has been profound. Spektorowski and Elfersy argue that it has transformed European democratic values by inspiring an ultra-liberalism that now faces an ultra-conservative backlash. Questions of what to do about Muslim immigration, how to deal with burqas, how to deal with gender politics, have all been influenced by western democracies’ grappling with ideas of inclusion and most recently, exclusion. This book examines those forces and ultimately sees, not an unbridgeable gap, but a future in which Islam and European democracies are compatible, rich, and evolving.

Author : Anna Triandafyllidou
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748644537

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European Multiculturalisms by Anna Triandafyllidou Pdf

Proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalism. The heightened security awareness in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the London and Madrid bombings has resulted in a 'crisis of multiculturalism'. Now is the time to look at the renewed challenges that multiculturalism faces today.Each chapter in this interdisciplinary book reviews the actual state of affairs in several countries in relation to the theories behind immigrant minority claims. With a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the contributors look at the value issues entrenched in multiculturalism and the policy challenges and measures adopted to address them.

Author : Jennifer Elrick
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487527808

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Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism by Jennifer Elrick Pdf

In the 1950s and 1960s, immigration bureaucrats in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration played an important yet unacknowledged role in transforming Canada’s immigration policy. In response to external economic and political pressures for change, high-level bureaucrats developed new admissions criteria gradually and experimentally while personally processing thousands of individual immigration cases per year. Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism shows how bureaucrats’ perceptions and judgements about the admissibility of individuals – in socioeconomic, racial, and moral terms – influenced the creation of formal admissions criteria for skilled workers and family immigrants that continue to shape immigration to Canada. A qualitative content analysis of archival documents, conducted through the theoretical lens of a cultural sociology of immigration policy, reveals that bureaucrats’ interpretations of immigration files generated selection criteria emphasizing not just economic utility, but also middle-class traits and values such as wealth accumulation, educational attainment, entrepreneurial spirit, resourcefulness, and a strong work ethic. By making "middle-class multiculturalism" a demographic reality and basis of nation-building in Canada, these state actors created a much-admired approach to managing racial diversity that has nevertheless generated significant social inequalities.

Author : Lorry W. Felske,Beverly Jean Rasporich
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Canada (ouest)
ISBN : 9781552381403

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Challenging Frontiers by Lorry W. Felske,Beverly Jean Rasporich Pdf

Challenging Frontiers: The Canadian West is a multidisciplinary study using critical essays as well as creative writing to explore the conceptions of the "West," both past and present. Considering topics such as ranching, immigration, art and architecture, as well as globalization and the spread of technology, these articles inform the reader of the historical frontier and its mythology, while also challenging and reassessing conventional analysis.

Author : Alana Lentin,Gavan Titley
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780321400

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The Crises of Multiculturalism by Alana Lentin,Gavan Titley Pdf

Across the West, something called multiculturalism is in crisis. Regarded as the failed experiment of liberal elites, commentators and politicians compete to denounce its corrosive legacies; parallel communities threatening social cohesion, enemies within cultivated by irresponsible cultural relativism, mediaeval practices subverting national 'ways of life' and universal values. This important new book challenges this familiar narrative of the rise and fall of multiculturalism by challenging the existence of a coherent era of 'multiculturalism' in the first place. The authors argue that what we are witnessing is not so much a rejection of multiculturalism as a projection of neoliberal anxieties onto the social realities of lived multiculture. Nested in an established post-racial consensus, new forms of racism draw powerfully on liberalism and questions of 'values', and unsettle received ideas about racism and the 'far right' in Europe. In combining theory with a reading of recent controversies concerning headscarves, cartoons, minarets and burkas, Lentin and Titley trace a transnational crisis that travels and is made to travel, and where rejecting multiculturalism is central to laundering increasingly acceptable forms of racism.

Author : Augie Fleras,Jean Leonard Elliott
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Multiculturalism
ISBN : 0176035125

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Multiculturalism in Canada by Augie Fleras,Jean Leonard Elliott Pdf

Author : Pawan Dhingra
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804755787

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Managing Multicultural Lives by Pawan Dhingra Pdf

This book examines how second generation Asian American professionals bring together contrasting identities in the cultural spaces of daily life, and the implications for theories of immigrant adaptation and stratification.