Politics of Multiculturalism in the New Europe

Racism, Identity and Community

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Europe has become a novel experiment in multiple, tiered and mediated multiculturalisms. It is now a supranational community of cultures, sub-cultures and trans-cultures inserted differentially into radically different political cultural traditions. The consequences of this re-imagining and re-making of a new Europe are variously seen to be threatening or utopian. In a post-Communist, post-national era, multiculturalism has been theorized as a paternalistic, top-down solution to the ‘problem’ of minorities, a dangerous reification of ‘culture’, or a new way forward to a politics of ‘recognition’ and ‘authenticity’.But is multiculturalism simply a novel project of social engineering, devised for the twenty-first century by well-meaning liberals or communitarians? The authors of this book reject this view by demonstrating that multiculturalism is the political outcome of ongoing power struggles and collective negotiations of cultural, ethnic and racial differences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1997-08-01
Mått137 x 217 x 22 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePostcolonial Encounters
Antal sidor288
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781856494229

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Introduction - The Politics of Multiculturalism in the New Europe1. Globalisation and the Discourse of Otherness in the "New" Eastern and Central Europe2. The 'Invaders', 'Traitors' and the 'Resistance Movement' - The Extreme Right's Conceptualisation of Opponents and Self in Scandinavia3. International Migration in Europe - Social Projects and Political Cultures4. The Perils of Ethnic Associational Life in Europe - Turkish Migrants in Germany and France5. Negotiating Religious Difference - The Opinions and Attitudes of Islamic Associations in France6. Arenas of Ethnic Negotiation - Cooperation and Conflict in Bradford7. Islam as a Civil Religion - Political Culture, Education and the Organisation of Diversity in Germany8. Hyphenated Identities and the Limits of Culture9. Defining Ethnicity - Another Way of Being British10. Why 'Positive Action' is 'Politically correct11. Society as a Kind of Community - Communitarian Voting with Equal Rights for Individuals in the European Union12. Reflections on Multiculturalism in Britain13. Afterword - Writing Multiculturalism and Politics in the New Europe.