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UNINA9910453821703321 |
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Autore |
Pathak Pathik |
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Titolo |
The future of multicultural Britain : confronting the progressive dilemma / / Pathik Pathak [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2008 |
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0-7486-5287-6 |
1-281-94764-4 |
9786611947644 |
0-7486-3546-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Multiculturalism - Great Britain |
Great Britain Ethnic relations |
Great Britain Ethnic relations Case studies |
India Ethnic relations |
India Ethnic relations Case studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. trouble with David Goodhart's Britain : liberalism's slide towards majoritarianism -- 2. Saffron semantics : the struggle to define Hindu nationalism -- 3. Spilling the clear red water : how we got from New times to new liberalism -- 4. blame game : recriminations from the Indian left -- 5. Making a case for multiculture : from the 'politics of piety' to the politics of the secular? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book identifies two key themes: (i) that contemporary global politics has rendered many of the worlds democracies susceptible to the rhetoric and policy of majoritarianism; and (ii) that majoritarianism plays on popular anxieties that invariably gravitate towards cultural identity and multiculturalism. |
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