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Record Nr.

UNINA9910643085503321

Autore

Kivisto Peter <1948->

Titolo

Multiculturalism in a global society / / Peter Kivisto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

1-282-34859-0

9786612348594

0-470-69491-2

0-470-69480-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

21st Century Sociology

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Multiculturalism

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

Multiculturalism in a Global Society; Contents; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Multicultural Societies and Globalization; 1 Ethnic Theory in a Global Age; 2 The United States as a Melting Pot: Myth and Reality; 3 Canada and Australia: Ethnic Mosaics and State-sponsored Multiculturalism; 4 John Bull's Island: Britain in a Postcolonial World; 5 Germany, France, and Shifting Conceptions of Citizenship; 6 Multicultural Prospects and Twenty-fust Century Realities; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Multiculturalism in Global Society explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied effects on the advanced industrial nations of the world. With remarkable clarity and concision, it focuses on the interrelated ties of ethnicity, race, and nationalism in a world where globalizing processes have made such ties increasingly important in economic, political, and cultural terms. Students and scholars looking for the most up-to-date approach to understanding multiculturalism in a global perspective will find this to be an engaging, pene