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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792448803321

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

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.</