The multicultural challenge

• Other Authors: Brochmann, Grete
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; London : JAI, 2003.
• Series: Comparative social research ; v. 22.
• Subjects: Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > Europe > Congresses.; Immigrants > Services for > Europe > Congresses.; Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > Norway > Congresses.; Immigrants > Services for > Norway > Congresses.; Multiculturalism > Europe > Congresses.; Multiculturalism > Norway > Congresses.; Migration, immigration & emigration.; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies.; Social Science > Emigration & Immigration.; Europe > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > Congresses.; Norway > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > Congresses.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 285 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781849502436 (electronic bk.) : 1849502439 (electronic bk.) :
• ISSN: 0195-6310 ;

Cultural pluralisation - reinforced by immigration - has had major consequences for the political agenda in recent years in liberal democratic states. New types of tension have arisen - new forms of social and cultural differentiation, and new patterns of inequality. The diversity also reshapes the frame of reference for traditional policy instruments employed by modern welfare states: new issues arise that are linked to rights, legitimacy and policy measures of a general and targeted nature. This volume in the "Comparative Social Research" series addresses a number of issues related to this new diversity. Common themes are multiculturalism, power and integration, and these themes are analysed through a comparative lens.