Full Description
In Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective, a group of leading scholars come together in a multidisciplinary collection to assess multiculturalism through an international comparative perspective.
Multiculturalism today faces challenges like never before, through the concurrent rise of populism and white supremacist groups, and contemporary social movements mobilizing around alternative ideas of decolonization, anti-racism and national self-determination Taking these challenges head on, and with the backdrop that the term multiculturalism originated in Canada before going global, this collection of chapters presents a global comparative view of multiculturalism, through both empirical and normative perspectives, with the overarching aim of comprehending multiculturalism's promise, limitations, contemporary challenges, trajectory and possible futures. Collectively, the chapters provide the basis for a critical assessment of multiculturalism's first 50 years, as well as vital insight into whether multiculturalism is best equipped to meet the distinct challenges characterizing this juncture of the 21st century.
With coverage including the Americas, Europe, Oceania, Africa and Asia, and thematic coverage of citizenship, religion, security, gender, Black Lives Matter and the post-pandemic order, Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective presents a comprehensively global collection that is indispensable reading for scholars and students of diversity in the 21st century.
Contents
Introduction: Reflecting on Multiculturalism at its Semicentennial: Over the Hill or Just Getting Started? Part 1: Multiculturalism and Citizenship 1. Multiculturalism and Citizenization: Past and Future 2. Multiculturalism and Inclusive Democracy: Canadian Multiculturalism and Immigrant Citizenship 3. Multicultural Citizenship in Singapore Part 2: Multiculturalism, History and Intersectionality 4. Multiculturalism and Decolonization 5. Multiculturalism in the Post-Colony: Shadows of Agamben in South Africa 6. Language and Multiculturalism in the United States 7. Framing Diversities: European approaches to Minorities-within Minorities Part 3: Multiculturalism, Religion and Secularism 8. Interculturalism and the Fair Management of Diversity in Multinational Democracies: The Contribution of Quebec-Canada Dynamics 9. Multiculturalism: The Place of Religion and State-Religion Connections 10. Hinduizing Nation: Shifting Grounds of Secularism, Diversity and Citizenship Part 4: Multiculturalism's Meaning and Value 11. Oh Canada, Your Home's on Native Land: Narratives of the Missing in a Multicultural Home 12. Black Lives Matter, Social Justice, and the Limits of Multiculturalism 13. Hungary and the Paradoxes of Illiberal Anti-Multiculturalism Part 5: Multiculturalism, Pandemic. Populism and the Political Right 14. Rethinking Multiculturalism under a Pandemic Crisis 15. Imperiled Multiculturalism? COVID-19, Racism and Nation-Building in Australia 16. Immigration, Multiculturalism and Tolerance: Canada's Two Images Conclusion: Towards a New Diversity Politics for the 21st Century? Building on Multiculturalism through Solidarity
