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Unit 2

Unit 2. Concepts of M ulticulturalism. M ulticulturalism. Descriptive Normative - see bellow Government policy (Canada, Australia) Institutional policies (UK – racial equality, CERES) See Unit 4. Multiculturalism – cont. Conservative (diversity as a deficit, communit.)

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Unit 2

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  1. Unit 2 Concepts of Multiculturalism

  2. Multiculturalism • Descriptive • Normative- see bellow • Government policy (Canada, Australia) • Institutional policies (UK – racial equality, CERES) See Unit 4

  3. Multiculturalism – cont. • Conservative (diversity as a deficit, communit.) • Left essentialist (Afrocentrism, also communit.) • Liberal (natural equality, lack of opportunities, decontextualisation, depolitisation) but procedural liberalism vs communitarian liber. – Kis, Taylor, Kymlicka (see also politics of recognition) • Pluralist - salad bowl (exoticism, affirmation) vs melting pot

  4. Multiculturalism – cont. • Critical MC (Frankfurt School, power, emancipation, soc. justice, self reflection) • Antiracist (life chances - CERES) • Reflexive (Ali Ratansi – Derrida + Giddens) • Cosmopolitan • Ethnicity as habitus (Bourdieu) • Hybridity (H. Bhabha, Paul Gilroy, St. Hall) rooting vs shifting (see S. May, P. McLaren, etc)

  5. Multiculturalism – cont. V. Parrillo: three models of minority integration: • Assimilation (majority- comformity) • Amalgamation (melting pot) • Accommodation (pluralism) (multiculturalism) Multiculturalism = diversity + cooperation Parillo, 1997

  6. Multiculturalism – cont. Eva Sobotka: policies twds the Roma in CEE: • Exclusion • Assimilation • Co-existence • Multiculturalism Sobotka 2003

  7. Multicultural Policy target groups/requirements • Indigenous (Nunavat, Sami) • National minorities (Canada, Europe) • Legal immigrants (USA, Australia) • Irregular & illegal immigrants – denizens/metics • AfroAmericans • Roma, Ch. Jews, Amish, etc See Unit 3 Kymlicka – stages: communitarian, liberal, nation building

  8. Multiculturalism – cont. Integration, inclusion, inclusive education Intercultural vs multiculrural Politics of redistribution, of recognition (Frazer) – • politics of equal dignity (Autonomy) & • politics of difference (Authenticity) (Taylor)

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