Is Multiculturalism In The Uk's Failure?
Assess the claim that multiculturalism in the UK has failed.
Multiculturalism has been intrinsic to UK society for centuries. On a timeline which reaches back as far as historic invasions by the Romans, Norse and French, to the pre-modern inflow of colonials and stretching to the present day, British society has been influenced and populated by many different cultures. However, UK opinions have become divided in recent years between those who advocate multiculturalism as a successful and enriching British policy and those who assert that the policy has failed, causing a plethora of social ills in Britain and fostering inequality and social fragmentation (Howarth & Andreouli 2002). Cases like the multicultural cities of Leicester and …show more content…
It has provoked large scale tumult in the UK through the2001 riots, and has also led to an increase in British Nationalism. However, it has also asserted itself firmly in the core fabric of Leicester’s culture, and has arguably catalysed change in deprived areas afflicted by the riots of 2001, those riots which were in turn caused by multiculturalism in the first place. Overall it seems that the weight of the argument, based on the inequalities demonstrated by Khan (2011) and Murray (2012) and other sources, is in favour of the argument against multiculturalism. The key concepts outlined in Kymlicka (2012) are indisputably absent from British society, and hence multiculturalism has indeed failed in the …show more content…
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37:1 Special Issue: The First and Second Generations Compared: generational change in Britain
Howarth, C & Andreouli, E (2002) ‘Has multiculturalism failed?’ The importance of lay knowledge and everyday practice”, London: The London School of Economics and Political Science Publications
Khan, O (8 April 2011), ‘The racial wealth gap: not just an American problem’, uk.reuters.com
Kymlicka, W (2012), “Multiculturalism: Success, Failure and the Future”, Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C.
Murray, K (2012) London: race equality in employment, Trust for London, London
Singer, A (2010), Why Multiculturalism Still Matters, Race, Gender & Class, Vol 17:2, pg 10-22
West Midlands Strategic Health Partnership (2010), The migrant health agenda in the West Midlands: results of a local scoping exercise, Wolverhampton
Population Estimates by Ethnic Group 2002 – 2009, published 18 May 2011, issued by Office for National Statistics, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10
Multiculturalism has been intrinsic to UK society for centuries. On a timeline which reaches back as far as historic invasions by the Romans, Norse and French, to the pre-modern inflow of colonials and stretching to the present day, British society has been influenced and populated by many different cultures. However, UK opinions have become divided in recent years between those who advocate multiculturalism as a successful and enriching British policy and those who assert that the policy has failed, causing a plethora of social ills in Britain and fostering inequality and social fragmentation (Howarth & Andreouli 2002). Cases like the multicultural cities of Leicester and …show more content…
It has provoked large scale tumult in the UK through the2001 riots, and has also led to an increase in British Nationalism. However, it has also asserted itself firmly in the core fabric of Leicester’s culture, and has arguably catalysed change in deprived areas afflicted by the riots of 2001, those riots which were in turn caused by multiculturalism in the first place. Overall it seems that the weight of the argument, based on the inequalities demonstrated by Khan (2011) and Murray (2012) and other sources, is in favour of the argument against multiculturalism. The key concepts outlined in Kymlicka (2012) are indisputably absent from British society, and hence multiculturalism has indeed failed in the …show more content…
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37:1 Special Issue: The First and Second Generations Compared: generational change in Britain
Howarth, C & Andreouli, E (2002) ‘Has multiculturalism failed?’ The importance of lay knowledge and everyday practice”, London: The London School of Economics and Political Science Publications
Khan, O (8 April 2011), ‘The racial wealth gap: not just an American problem’, uk.reuters.com
Kymlicka, W (2012), “Multiculturalism: Success, Failure and the Future”, Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C.
Murray, K (2012) London: race equality in employment, Trust for London, London
Singer, A (2010), Why Multiculturalism Still Matters, Race, Gender & Class, Vol 17:2, pg 10-22
West Midlands Strategic Health Partnership (2010), The migrant health agenda in the West Midlands: results of a local scoping exercise, Wolverhampton
Population Estimates by Ethnic Group 2002 – 2009, published 18 May 2011, issued by Office for National Statistics, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10