American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism

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ID23399090
AuthorsJack Citrin (University of California, Berkeley), David O Sears (University of California, Los Angeles)
Year2014
Pages354
Publication date2014-08-11
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueAmerican Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139028967
OpenAlexW1512658426
Open LibraryOL34510363M
ISBN9781139028967
LanguageEN
Citations received65

The civil rights movement and immigration reform transformed American politics in the mid-1960s. Demographic diversity and identity politics raised the challenge of e pluribus unum anew, and multiculturalism emerged as a new ideological response to this dilemma. This book uses national public opinion data and public opinion data from Los Angeles to compare ethnic differences in patriotism and ethnic identity and ethnic differences in support for multicultural norms and group-conscious policies. The authors find evidence of strong patriotism among all groups and the classic pattern of assimilation among the new wave of immigrants. They argue that there is a consensus in rejecting harder forms of multiculturalism that insist on group rights but also a widespread acceptance of softer forms that are tolerant of cultural differences and do not challenge norms, such as by insisting on the primacy of English.

Aesthetics · Cultural assimilation · Dilemma · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Identity (music) · Identity politics · Ideology · Immigration · Multiculturalism · Patriotism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Academic Freedom and Politics · Gender Studies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Civil rights movements · Cultural pluralism · Ethnicity · Government · Group identity · united states

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