Title The crisis of multiculturalism in Europe : a history / Rita Chin

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (363 pages) Contents Introduction : the multicultural and multiculturalism -- The birth of multicultural Europe -- Managing multicultural societies -- Race, nation, and multicultural society -- Muslim women, sexual democracy, and the defense of freedom -- The "failure" of multiculturalism -- The future of multicultural Europe? Summary In 2010, the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France each declared that multiculturalism had failed in their countries. Over the past decade, a growing consensus in Europe has voiced similar decrees. But what do these ominous proclamations, from across the political spectrum, mean? From the influx of immigrants in the 1950s to contemporary worries about refugees and terrorism, The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe examines the historical development of multiculturalism on the Continent. Rita Chin argues that there were few efforts to institute state-sponsored policies of multiculturalism, and those that emerged were pronounced failures virtually from their inception. She shows that today's crisis of support for cultural pluralism isn't new but actually has its roots in the 1980s. Chin looks at the touchstones of European multiculturalism, from the urgent need for laborers after World War II to the public furor over the publication of The Satanic Verses and the question of French girls wearing headscarves to school. While many Muslim immigrants had lived in Europe for decades, in the 1980s they came to be defined by their religion and the public's preoccupation with gender relations. Acceptance of sexual equality became the critical gauge of Muslims' compatibility with Western values. The convergence of left and right around the defense of such personal freedoms against a putatively illiberal Islam has threatened to undermine commitment to pluralism as a core ideal Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Multiculturalism -- Europe -- History Racism -- Europe -- History Cultural pluralism -- Europe -- History Muslims -- Europe -- Social conditions Immigrants -- Europe -- Social conditions HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Cultural pluralism Immigrants -- Social conditions Multiculturalism Muslims -- Social conditions Racism Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Europe Europa Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017936617 ISBN 9781400884902 140088490X

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