02246cam a22003134a 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002200063020002500085020001500110020001800125035002000143050002200163100001800185245003700203260005400240300001100294490003600305504006400341505016500405520057800570520059201148650002201740830003601762942001201798952010701810999001501917ocm44026296 OCoLCta210511s2000    enk      b    001 0 eng    a0335205208 (pbk.)  a9780335205202 (pbk.)  a0335205216  a9780335205219  a(OCoLC)44026296  aHM1271b.W37 20001 aWatson, C. W.10aMulticulturalism /cC.W. Watson.  aBuckingham, U.K. :bOpen University Press,c2000.  a124 p.1 aConcepts in the social sciences  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 111-117) and index.0 aNationalism and multiculturalism -- Education, religion and the media -- Cultural diversity and global uniformity -- Multiculturalism in historical perspective.1 a""Multicultural" and "multiculturalism" are words frequently used to describe the ethnic diversity that exists everywhere in the world today. However, there is some confusion about what precisely they signify. Do they simply describe diversity or are they advocating a particular response to that diversity? This book looks at some of the debates associated with these words and with the concepts attached to them. In particular the arguments for and against multiculturalism are examined in the context of modern states in different political and historical circumstances.8 aAttitudes and emphases in relation to multiculturalism differ, it is argued, from one country to another and the chapters of the book draw out the dimensions of difference with examples ranging from Europe and the USA to South-East Asia and China. The focus of the discussion is placed on issues such as minority rights, education, religious tolerance and the trend to global homogenization. The result is a concise and balanced overview of a topic with wide appeal across undergraduate and postgraduate courses from sociology and politics to cultural studies and anthropology."--Jacket. 4aMulticulturalism. 0aConcepts in the social sciences  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oHM1271 .W37 2000pPNLIB21061911r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c2098d2098