Description

In this Very Short Introduction, Ali Rattansi provides a balanced assessment of what's true and what's false about multiculturalism. Rattansi provides a useful definition of the word "multiculturalism" and he looks at how the term is used--and misused--in political debate, public policy, and within the educational arena, presenting a balanced and comprehensive view of all the opinions surrounding this controversial subject. Dispelling many myths in the process, he warns of the dangers that lurk in an uncritical endorsement of multiculturalism, and concludes by arguing that the time has come to move on to a form of "interculturalism."

Features

• Attempts to define the word 'multiculturalism' and looks at how the term is used in political debate, public policy, and within the educational arena
  
• Examines the contemporary public debates and addresses issues of multicultural policy and its relation to social cohesion
• Presents a balanced and comprehensive view of all the opinions surrounding this controversial subject
  
• Considers alternatives to multiculturalism for the future
• Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over three million copies sold worldwide

Product Details

160 pages; 6 b/w photographs; 4 3/8 x 6 3/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-954603-9ISBN10: 0-19-954603-7

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