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dc.contributor.authorMEER, Nasar
dc.contributor.authorMODOOD, Tariq
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T17:13:15Z
dc.date.available2013-10-28T17:13:15Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn1830-1541
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/28501
dc.description.abstractIn this policy paper we outline some of the prevailing ways in which interculturalism is being positively contrasted with multiculturalism, especially as a set of political ideas, in European contexts of post-migration diversity. We argue that while some advocates of a political interculturalism wish to emphasise its positive qualities in terms of encouraging communication, recognising dynamic identities, promoting unity and critiquing illiberal cultural practices, each of these qualities too are important (often foundational) features of multiculturalism. We begin by exploring the four areas contrast identified above, before turning to the implications of this discussion for existing citizenship regimes. We conclude that until interculturalism as a political discourse is able to offer a distinct perspective, one that can more persuasively speak to a variety of concerns emanating from complex identities and matters of equality and diversity, it does not eclipse multiculturalism and should instead be considered as complementary to multiculturalism. To illustrate this further we offer five policy orientations relevant to the European context.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCAS PPen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2013/18en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Governance Programmeen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCultural Pluralismen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectCitizenshipen
dc.subjectCultureen
dc.subjectDialogueen
dc.subjectEqualityen
dc.subjectInterculturalismen
dc.subjectMulticulturalismen
dc.subjectUnityen
dc.titleInterculturalism, multiculturalism, or both?en
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