Ali Rattansi (Visiting Professor of Sociology, City University, Lon

Multiculturalism

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Has multiculturalism failed? Is it time to move on? What is the alternative? Ali Rattansi explores the issues, from national identity and social cohesion to cultural fragmentation and 'political correctness'. Providing a balanced assessment of the truth and falsity of the charges against multiculturalism, he explores new ideas for the future.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 113mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9780199546039
• ISBN-10: 0199546037
• Artikelnr.: 33373102

Autorenporträt

Ali Rattansi was educated at the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge. His publications include Racism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2007), Race, Culture, and Difference (Sage 1992), and Racism, Modernity, and Identity (Polity Press, 1994).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: What is multiculturalism?
* 2: Is multiculturalism bad for women?
* 3: Is multiculturalism responsible for social disintegration, ghettos
and 'parallel lives'?
* 4: Ethnic minority integration, class inequality and 'community
cohesion'
* 5: National identity, belonging and 'the Muslim question'
* 6: Moving on: multiculturalism, interculturalism and transnationalism
in a new global era
* References
* Further Reading