Multicultural Variations

Social Incorporation in Europe and North America

authored by: Lance W. Roberts, Barry Ferguson, Mathias Bös, Susanne Von Below
Abstract: 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.
External Organisation(s): University of Manitoba
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Type: Monograph
No. of pages: 283
Publication date: 06.2013
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Social Sciences(all)
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Electronic version(s): https://www.mqup.ca/multicultural-variations-products-9780773541023.php (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@book{0923efe86d7d4ac2ad65cc7038a550f2,
title = "Multicultural Variations: Social Incorporation in Europe and North America",
abstract = "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.",
editor = "Roberts, {Lance W.} and Barry Ferguson and Mathias B{\"o}s and {Von Below}, Susanne",
note = "Copyright: Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2013",
month = jun,
language = "English",
isbn = "9780773541023",
publisher = "McGill-Queen's University Press",
}