The multiculturalism backlash : European discourses, policies and practices /
Contributor(s): Vertovec, Steven [editor] | Wessendorf, Susanne [editor].
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010Description: x, 210 pages ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415556484; 9780415556484:; 9780415556491; 0415556481; 041555649X.Subject(s): Multiculturalism -- Europe | Minorities -- Government policy -- Europe | Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Europe | Europe -- Ethnic relations | Europe -- Race relationsDDC classification: 305.80094 VERItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 305.80094 VER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0082133 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : assessing the backlash against multiculturalism in Europe / Steven Vertovec, Susanne Wessendorf -- The rise and fall of multiculturalism?: new debates on inclusion and accommodation in diverse societies / Will Kymlicka -- British and others: from 'race' to 'faith' / Ralph Grillo -- From toleration to repression: the Dutch backlash against multiculturalism / Baukje Prins, Sawitri Saharso -- "We're not all multiculturalists yet": France swings between hard integration and soft anti-discrimination / Patrick Simon, Valerie Sala Pala -- Denmark versus multiculturalism / Ulf Hedetoft -- Switzerland: a multicultural country without multicultural policies? / Gianni D'Amato -- Germany: integration policy and pluralism in a self-conscious country of immigration / Karen Schönwälder -- Dynamics of diversity in Spain: old questions, new challenges / Ricard Zapata-Barrero -- Multiculturalism: a Canadian defence / David Ley.
Multiculturalism has been much questioned across the world in recent years. This is a comprehensive analysis of how this happened and its consequences for our societies.