Ebook: Multiculturalism : a Very Short Introduction
Author: Ali Rattansi
- Tags: Social Science.
- Series: Very short introductions
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Oxford University Press/OUP Oxford
- City: Oxford
- Language: English
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Multiculturalism appears to be in terminal crisis. It has been blamed for undermining national identity, diluting social cohesion, creating ethnic ghettos and cultural fragmentation, providing fertile ground for Islamic radicalism, encouraging perverse 'political correctness', and restricting liberal freedoms of expression, amongst other things. The public debate over multiculturalism has polarised opinion amongst Read more...
Abstract: Multiculturalism appears to be in terminal crisis. It has been blamed for undermining national identity, diluting social cohesion, creating ethnic ghettos and cultural fragmentation, providing fertile ground for Islamic radicalism, encouraging perverse 'political correctness', and restricting liberal freedoms of expression, amongst other things. The public debate over multiculturalism has polarised opinion amongst the general public, policy makers, and politicians. But how muchreal evidence, beyond tabloid headlines and anecdotes, exists for these claims? In this Very Short Introduction, Ali R