Analysis Of Backlash Against Multiculturalism In Europe
In the contemporary world, particularly in Europe, there is a common perception that multiculturalism has failed and Europe has not been immune to these rising global anxieties and local debates. However an article by social theorist Professor Alexander ( Birkbeck, University of London). “Backlash Against Multiculturalism in Europe: Struggling Over the Mode of Incorporation” appeared in the January 2013 issue of the Ethnic and Racial Studies, This journal is intended for those involved in “Race, ethnicity and nationalism of the social and political issues in the present day world and therein lies the intended audience of this article. In this article the author analyses the on-going conflict among the dominant majority groups in Europe over
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This strategy of establishing credibility works to persuade the reader that the article is scholarly and worth reading. Particularly in the Introduction and Discussion sections, many other authors are cited on Struggles for multicultural incorporation in many countries like USA, Canada and Europe. Multiculturalism has many facets, with characteristics of gender and sexual qualities which test the traditional cultural activities of core groups in terms of region, ethnicity and race.vThe Struggles for multicultural incorporation in many countries followed various approaches. In Canada, Aborigines and Quebecois vigorously appealed for an alternative to assimilation with Canadian Multiculturalism Act. In the USA, with reference to black Americans overlap of issues such as racism and discrimination and ‘African-American’ culture while ‘Americanism’, was seen as distinctive culture of its own right. Throughout Europe, increased Antagonism, and antiethnic democracy over the mode of incorporation of Muslims externally against anti-civil qualities sparked a backlash against immigration (Koopmans et al.2005; Vertovec and Wessendorf 2010a). The purpose of cited evidence is to establish what is already known and accepted and to provide credibility for his own
This strategy of establishing credibility works to persuade the reader that the article is scholarly and worth reading. Particularly in the Introduction and Discussion sections, many other authors are cited on Struggles for multicultural incorporation in many countries like USA, Canada and Europe. Multiculturalism has many facets, with characteristics of gender and sexual qualities which test the traditional cultural activities of core groups in terms of region, ethnicity and race.vThe Struggles for multicultural incorporation in many countries followed various approaches. In Canada, Aborigines and Quebecois vigorously appealed for an alternative to assimilation with Canadian Multiculturalism Act. In the USA, with reference to black Americans overlap of issues such as racism and discrimination and ‘African-American’ culture while ‘Americanism’, was seen as distinctive culture of its own right. Throughout Europe, increased Antagonism, and antiethnic democracy over the mode of incorporation of Muslims externally against anti-civil qualities sparked a backlash against immigration (Koopmans et al.2005; Vertovec and Wessendorf 2010a). The purpose of cited evidence is to establish what is already known and accepted and to provide credibility for his own