Research Catalog

Title

Multicultural variations : social incorporation in Europe and North America / edited by Lance W. Roberts, Barry Ferguson, Mathias Bös, and Susanne von Below.

Publication

• Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

• Roberts, Lance W., 1950-2019
• Ferguson, Barry, 1952-
• Bös, Mathias
• Below, Susanne von, 1965-

Description

xiv, 283 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

"Contrary to mid-twentieth century predictions, ethnic pluralism has increased dramatically in North America and significantly in Europe. Neither the post 9/11 emphasis on international border security nor anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalism movements have affected the fifty year trend of increasing labour mobility and sustained levels of migration. The ethnic pluralism accompanying this powerful trend has fueled academic research and public debate. Contributors report on and develop a conceptualization of ethnic social incorporation and multiculturalism in Canada, the United States, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria and Italy. This group of countries displays a remarkable variety of both ethnic diversity and public policy responses to ethnic social incorporation over the past four decades. It includes two countries (Canada and the United States) built upon very large-scale immigration over the course of more than a century, two countries (Greece and Italy) which until recently were characterized by large-scale emigration but now are grappling with immigration, one country (Bulgaria) that was until the 1990s insulated from extensive migration and faces a demographic slump, and one (Germany) that has experimented with isolating temporary populations but is now addressing the responsibilities of permanent immigration. Multicultural Variations includes national reports describing each of the six countries under investigation and is book-ended by introductory and concluding chapters that present a new understanding of and synthesis on multiculturalism that is distinct from either enthusiastic support or ideological critiques"--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Comparative charting of social change

Uniform Title

Comparative charting of social change.

Subjects

• Diversité culturelle
• Multiculturalism
• Multiculturalisme
• Cultural pluralism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued in electronic format.

Contents

Introduction : Problems and promises of current theoretical approaches to ethnicity / Mathias Bös and Antonio M. Chiesi -- Canada : the challenge and response to ethnic diversity / Lance W. Roberts and Barry Ferguson -- The United States : changing recognition of racial and ethnic diversity / Louis Hicks and Paul Kingston -- Germany : changing patterns of ethnic diversity and accomodation / Susanne Von Below and Mathias Bös -- Italy : immigration and the shock of ethnic accommodation / Sonia Stefanizzi -- Greece : from emigration to immigration and the problems of inter-ethnic relations / Laura Maratou-Alipranti -- Bulgaria : inter-ethnic relations in an ethnic nation-state / Nikolai Genov -- Conclusion : Ethnogenesis : modes of multiculturalism in six societies / Mathias Bös, Susanne Von Below, Jason D. Edgerton and Lance W. Roberts.

Call Number

JFD 14-4976

ISBN

• 9780773541023
• 0773541020

OCLC

793221958

Title

Multicultural variations : social incorporation in Europe and North America / edited by Lance W. Roberts, Barry Ferguson, Mathias Bös, and Susanne von Below.

Publisher

Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Comparative charting of social change

Comparative charting of social change.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats

Also issued in electronic format.

Added Author

Roberts, Lance W., 1950-2019, editor.

Ferguson, Barry, 1952- editor.

Bös, Mathias, editor.

Below, Susanne von, 1965- editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 14-4976