Multiculturalism and Interculturalism. Debating the Dividing Lines

Edited By: Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood and Ricard Zapata-Barrero

Publication Date:Feb 2016Dimensions:234 x 156 mmExtent:304 pages

• Foreword, Charles Taylor;
• 1. A Plural Century: Situating Interculturalism and Multiculturalism, Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood and Ricard Zapata-Barrero;
• 2. Multiculturalism, Interculturalism and Citizenship, Nasar Meer and Tariq Modood;
• 3. Theorising Intercultural Citizenship, Ricard Zapata-Barrero;
• 4. Quebec Interculturalism and Canadian Multiculturalism, Gérard Bouchard;
• 5. Interculturalism and Multiculturalism: Similarities and Differences, Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino;
• 6. The Case for Interculturalism, Plural Identities and Cohesion, Ted Cantle;
• 7. Defending Diversity in an Era of Populism: Multiculturalism and Interculturalism Compared, Will Kymlicka;
• 8. Models of Diversity in the Americas: Avenues for Dialogue and Cross-Pollination, Ana Solano-Campos;
• 9. Diversity, Duality and Time, Geoffrey Brahm Levey;
• 10. The Politics of Interculturalism: Reflections on the Importance and Particularity of Intercultural Policies, Patrick Loobuyck;
• 11. Multiculturalism, Interculturalisms and the Majority, Tariq Modood; Afterword: Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: A Critical Dialogue, Bhikhu Parekh

Explores the critical debate between multicultural and intercultural approaches in both political theory and practice

Both interculturalism and multiculturalism address the question of how states should forge unity from ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. But what are the dividing lines between interculturalism and multiculturalism?

This volume brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field to address these two different approaches. With a Foreword by Charles Taylor and an Afterword by Bhikhu Parekh, this collection spans European, North-American and Latin-American debates.

Key Features

• Discusses cases from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, Québec, Spain, Catalonia, Québec and several Latin American cases
• Combines policy analysis and theoretical analysis

Contributors

Alain-G. Gagnon • Ana Solano-Campos • Bhikhu Parekh • Charles Taylor • Geoffrey Brahm Levey • Gérard Bouchard • Nasar Meer • Patrick Loobuyck • Raffaele Iacovino • Ricard Zapata-Barrero • Tariq Modood • Ted Cantle • Will Kymlicka