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The social construction of diversity : recasting the master narrative of industrial nations / edited by Christiane Harzig and Danielle Juteau ; with Irina Schmitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural pluralism.
- Multiculturalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- Though the composition of the populace of industrial nations has changed dramatically since the 1950s, public discourse and scholarship, however, often remain welded to traditional concepts of national cultures, ignoring the multicultural realities of most of today's western societies. Through detailed studies, this volume shows how the diversity affects the personal lives of individuals, how it shapes and changes private, national and international relations and to what extent institutions and legal systems are confronted with changing demands from a more culturally diverse clientele. Far from being an external factor of society, this volume shows, diversity has become an integral part of people's lives, affecting their personal, institutional, and economic interaction.
- Contents:
- THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DIVERSITY; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I. DIVERSITY IN EVERYDAY LIFE; One. ASSIMILATION AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN FRANCE; Two. ANTAGONISTIC GIRLS, OR WHY THE FOREIGNERS ARE THE REAL GERMANS; Part II. ECONOMIC ENCOUNTERS; Three. TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF MIGRANTS; Four. "TOO BUSY WORKING, NO TIME FOR TALKING"; Five. TRANSNATIONALISM AND IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Part III. INCORPORATING DIVERSITY IN INSTITUTIONS AND LEGAL SYSTEMS; Six. DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONAL PLURALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY; Seven. MULTICULTURALISM, SECULARISM, AND THE STATE
- Eight. SHOULD NATIONAL MINORITIES/MAJORITIES SHARE COMMON INSTITUTIONS OR CONTROL THEIR OWN SCHOOLS?Nine. FAMILY NORMS AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE NETHERLANDS; Ten. GLOBAL MIGRANTHOOD, WHITENESS, AND THE ANXIETIES OF (IN)VISIBILITY; Part IV. RECASTING THE MASTER NARRATIVE IN SOCIETY; Eleven. CANADA; Twelve. OF MINORITY POLICY AND (HOMOGENEOUS) MULTICULTURALISM; Thirteen. A STATE OF MANY NATIONS; AFTERWORD; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781571813763
- 1571813764
- 9781571813756
- 1571813756
- 9781782389606
- 1782389601
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