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Paradoxes of cultural recognition perspectives from Northern Europe
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Explicitly comparative in its approach, Paradoxes of Cultural Recognition discusses central issues regarding multiculturalism in today's Europe, based on studies of Norway and the Netherlands. Dist...
Explicitly comparative in its approach, Paradoxes of Cultural Recognition discusses central issues regarding multiculturalism in today's Europe, based on studies of Norway and the Netherlands. Distinguishing clearly the four social fields of the media, education, the labour market and issues relating to gender, it presents empirical case studies, which offer valuable insights into the nature of majority/minority relationships, whilst raising theoretical questions relevant for further comparisons.
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- Creator
- edited by Sharam Alghasi, Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Halleh Ghorashi
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Farnham, England ; Burlington : Ashgate, c2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1315599384, 1317084195, 1317084187, 1282054511, 9786612054518, 0754695859, 075467469X
- OCLC
- ocn646797951
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; PART 1 Uneasy Categories; 2 Engaging with Diversity: Europe Between Imagined Homogeneity and Enduring Cultural Difference; 3 Race and the Dutch: On the Uneasiness Surrounding Racial Issues in the Netherlands; 4 Should Integration be the Goal? A Policy for Difference and Community; 5 National Identity and the Sense of (Non-) Belonging: Iranians in the United States and the Netherlands; PART 2 Cultural Categories in Practice
- 6 Discrimination and Cultural Closure at Work: Evidence from Two Dutch Organizations7 Ethno-Nationalism and Education; 8 Avoiding Culture and Practising Culturalism: Labelling Practices and Paradoxes in Swedish Schools; 9 Disentangling Culture as Explanatory Factor: The Paradox of a Client Centred Approach in Social Work; 10 What Difference Does it Make? Transnational Networks and Collective Engagement Among Ethnic Minorities in Norway; PART 3 The Migrant's Positioning and the Public Space
- 11 The Process of Hybridization: Cognition, Emotion and Experience Among Multicultural Youngsters in 'Rudenga', East side, Oslo12 'Mix, Just Mix and See What Happens': Girls in a Super-diverse Amsterdam Neighbourhood; 13 Fallen Angels: The End of the Colourful Community?; 14 Rethinking National Constellations of Citizenship: Situating the Headscarf Controversy in the Netherlands; 15 Representations of the Other in Norwegian Debate Programmes 1989-1997; 16 From Obsessive Egalitarianism to Pluralist Universalism? A Normative Epilogue; Index