Multiculturalism in Europe and America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7931053 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Rex (0000-0003-3265-5872, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 243-259 |
| Publication date | 1995-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nations and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00243.x |
| OpenAlex | W2133294935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 17 |
Although there is a popular discourse about multiculturalism in Europe and North America which suggests that there is a single set of problems, the political problems which multiculturalism addresses are different in these two contexts. As outlined here the problem in Western Europe is that in liberal democracies and social democratic welfare states two questions have to be addressed. One is that of equality, the other the recognition of cultural diversity. As is shown here a number of important European social scientists have feared that the acceptance of cultural diversity will actually undermine important and valued political structures without improving the condition of minorities. In the United States a different set of problems has arisen. While the Civil Rights movement appeared to be helping Blacks to achieve equality in the sixties, by the late eighties there was a sense of disillusion about this process and the emergence of ideologies based upon separatism which appeared to point to the ‘disuniting’ of America. Some of these ideologies were what was being discussed under the heading of multiculturalism. A further contrast has to be made with Canada which is often thought of as an arch‐exponent of multiculturalism, but in which all problems of ethnic equality are tied up with the specific problems generated by Quebecois nationalism
Democracy · Diversity (politics · Ideology · Minority rights · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Scottish History and National Identity
American Multiculturalism after 9/11
Muslim Women and Politics
Integration Processes and Policies in Europe
Paradigms of Border Studies and the Metacultural Approach
The Global, the National and the Local
Occupied Identities
American Multiculturalism after 9/11
L’activisme des femmes issues de communautés musulmanes en France et en Grande-Bretagne
Women from Muslim Communities
Researching social and ethnic identity
Trans-nationalism, social identities and African youth in the Canadian diaspora
Immigrant narratives and nation-building in a stateless nation
Marxism and class theory
Racism after 'race relations'
Race Relations in Sociological Theory
Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations
Ethnic Minorities and the Nation State
Race Relations in Sociological Theory
The Declining Significance of Race
The Truly Disadvantaged
The Limits of Social Policy
The Division of Labour in Society
The Limits of Social Policy
The concept of a multi-cultural society
The declining significance of race
Political Blackness and British Asians
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2018 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |