1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458796903321

Titolo

The multiculturalism backlash : European discourses, policies and practices / / edited by Steven Vertovec and Susanne Wessendorf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-27070-8

1-135-27071-6

1-282-57650-X

9786612576508

0-203-86754-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VertovecSteven

WessendorfSusanne <1973->

Disciplina

306.094

Soggetti

Multiculturalism - Europe

Minorities - Government policy - Europe

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Ethnic relations

Europe Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction: As sessing the backlash against multiculturalism in Europe; 2 The rise and fall of multiculturalism?: New debates on inclusion and accommodation in diverse societies; 3 British and others: From 'race' to 'faith'; 4 From toleration to repression: The Dutch backlash against multiculturalism; 5 "We're not all multiculturalists yet": France swings between hard integration and soft anti-discrimination; 6 Denmark versus multiculturalism; 7 Switzerland: A multicultural country without multicultural policies?

8 Germany: Integration policy and pluralism in a self-conscious country of immigration9 Dynamics of diversity in Spain: Old questions, new challenges; 10 Multiculturalism: A Canadian defence; Index



Sommario/riassunto

In a relatively short time, many European governments have been purposefully dropping the notion 'multicultural' or other references to cultural diversity in their policy vocabularies. More and more politicians and public intellectuals have criticized a perceived shift towards 'too much diversity'. This volume goes beyond the conventional approaches to the topic offering a careful examination of not only the social conditions and political questions surrounding multiculturalism but also the recent emergence of a 'backlash' against multicultural initiatives, programmes and infrastructures.</

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367756303321

Autore

Haas Richard H

Titolo

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Aging and Diseases of Aging / Richard H. Haas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783039213283

3039213288

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (270 p.)

Soggetti

Biology, life sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of review articles authored by international experts pulls together current information about the role of mitochondria in aging and diseases of aging. Mitochondria are vitally important cellular organelles and undergo their own aging process becoming less efficient in aged animals including humans. These changes have wide-ranging significance contributing to immune dysfunction (autoimmunity and immune deficiency), inflammation, delayed healing, skin and retinal damage, cancer and most of the degenerative diseases of aging. Mitochondrial aging predisposes to drug toxicity in the



geriatric population and to many of the features of normal aging. The research detailed in this book summarizes current understanding of the role of mitochondria in the complex molecular changes of aging, moving on to specific diseases of aging. Mitochondrial dysfunction is an important target for development of treatments for aging and disease. The last article details how exercise is a treatment and combats many features of the aging process.