Some Political Dimensions of Multiculturalism
نویسنده
چکیده
We ARE a multicultural society. That is a fact. The policy of multiculturalism adopted by the Fraser Government recognised that fact and adopted programs of affirmative action designed to ensure that migrants have equality of opportunity to participate in all aspects of life in Australia. It was a policy of INTEGRATION not assimilation. It encouraged cultural diversity but not separatism. Its programs were designed to help make the most of migrants' talents for their own fulfillment and for Australia's economic and cultural enrichment.
منابع مشابه
Unity in Diversity?
This article considers how well the existing sociological literature on immigrant integration and assimilation responds to public fears over multiculturalism. The current backlash against multiculturalism rests on both its perceived negative effects for immigrants’ socioeconomic integration and its failure to encourage civic and political cohesion. I offer a brief review of multiculturalism as ...
متن کاملMulticulturalism and Compassion: Responding to Mental Health Needs Among Refugees and Asylum Seekers; Comment on “A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe”
As Fotaki (2019) argues, the current political climate in Europe is threatening principles of humanitarianism, particularly among refugees and asylum seekers. This commentary builds on that argument, with a spotlight on mental health and culturally relevant service design. By addressing some of the barriers faced by refugees and asylum seekers in accessing mental health...
متن کامل“Utter Failure” or Unity out of Diversity? Debating and Evaluating Policies of Multiculturalism
Across immigrant-receiving democracies, “multiculturalism” has come under assault by political decision-makers and commentators. The academic debate, while less fiery, is also heated. We start by outlining the multiple meanings of “multiculturalism”: a term for demographic diversity; a political philosophy of equality or justice; a set of policies to recognize and accommodate ethno-racial and r...
متن کاملDo Different Models of Integration Affect Actual Integration? The Cases of France and Great Britain Revisited
Britain and France adapted two different integration models, namely assimilationist and multiculturalism to integrate their immigrants. These two big models of integration have distinctive characteristics to integrate immigrants. There is a general claim that multiculturalism model is the best for integrating immigrants in terms of actual integration, however, some argue the opposite, that Fren...
متن کاملExamining ‘Postmulticultural’ and Civic Turns in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and Denmark
There is a widely shared view that the appeal of multiculturalism as a public policy has suffered considerable political damage. In many European states the turn to “civic” measures and discourses has been deemed more suitable for the objectives of minority integration and the promotion of preferred modes of social and political unity. It is therefore said that the first decade of the new centu...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998