Open University Press, 2000. Softcover (14 x 22 cm), 124 pages. ISBN: 0335205208. Very Good condition. Covers scuffed, scratched, soiled and lightly creased. Price sticker residue on rear cover. "Is multiculturalism compatible with national identity? Does multiculturalism simply mean a tolerance of cultural diversity? Does globalization spell the end of multiculturalism? Multicultural and multiculturalism are words frequently used to describe the ethnic diversity which exists everywhere in the world today. However, there is some confusion about what precisely they signify. Do they simply describe diversity or are they advocating a particular response to that diversity? This book looks at some of the debates associated with these words and with the concepts attached to them. In particular the arguments for and against multiculturalism are examined in the context of modern states in different political and historical circumstances. Attitudes and emphases in relation to multiculturalism differ, it is argued, from one country to another and the chapters of the book draw out the dimensions of difference with examples ranging from Europe and the USA to South-East Asia and China. The focus of the discussion is placed on issues such as minority rights, education, religious tolerance and the trend to global homogenization. Running through the description of these issues in an implicit critique of the loose way in which the word culture is used to mean an unchanging set of definitive characteristics and how that usage bedevils discussions of multiculturalism. The result is a concise and balanced overview of a topic with wide appeal across undergraduate and postgraduate courses from sociology and politics to cultural studies and anthropology.

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Bookseller: E. Manning Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3047
Title: Multiculturalism
Author: Watson, C.W
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0335205208
ISBN 13: 9780335205202
Publisher: Open University Press
Place of Publication: Buckingham
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: Social, Society, Ethnic Groups
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