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International Journal on Multicultural Societies
(IJMS)
Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003
“Pluralism and
Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial Societies”
International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS)
Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003
Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-
Colonial Societies
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATION: Paul de Guchteneire
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Matthias Koenig
GUEST EDITORS: Gurharpal Singh and John Rex
MATTHIAS KOENIG, Editorial 104
JOHN REX & GURHARPAL SINGH, “Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial Society – 106
Thematic Introduction”
SIMON BEKKER & ANNE LEILDÉ, “Is Multiculturalism a Workable Policy in South Africa?” 119
STEVE FENTON, “Malaysia and Capitalist Modernisation: Plural and Multicultural Models” 135
HARIHAR BHATTACHARYYA, “Multiculturalism in Contemporary India” 148
MOHAMMAD WASEEM, “Pluralism and Democracy in Pakistan” 162
DARSHAN S. TATLA, “Sikhs in Multicultural Societies” 177
Editorial
MATTHIAS KOENIG
University of Bamberg he current thematic issue of UNESCO’s International Journal on
Multicultural Societies (IJMS) addresses the governance of cultural diversity in post-colonial settings. Building directly on our debate of political integration in modern nation-states (see Vol. 5, No. 1), the contributions to this issue, which are based on a conference sponsored by the UK Economic and Social Research
Council’s ‘Future Governance’ programme, attempt to broaden the agenda of policy-oriented and comparative social science research on cultural diversity by including postcolonial societies, notably South Africa, Malaysia, India, and
Pakistan.
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Taking into account post-colonial societies within an agenda of comparative research on diversity seems to be both challenging and promising. Challenging because, as guest editors Gurharpal Singh and John Rex argue in their thematic introduction, it requires the integration of two rather separate fields of research.
Studies on ‘multiculturalism’, on the one hand, have mainly been concerned with
(IJMS)
Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003
“Pluralism and
Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial Societies”
International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS)
Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003
Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-
Colonial Societies
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATION: Paul de Guchteneire
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Matthias Koenig
GUEST EDITORS: Gurharpal Singh and John Rex
MATTHIAS KOENIG, Editorial 104
JOHN REX & GURHARPAL SINGH, “Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial Society – 106
Thematic Introduction”
SIMON BEKKER & ANNE LEILDÉ, “Is Multiculturalism a Workable Policy in South Africa?” 119
STEVE FENTON, “Malaysia and Capitalist Modernisation: Plural and Multicultural Models” 135
HARIHAR BHATTACHARYYA, “Multiculturalism in Contemporary India” 148
MOHAMMAD WASEEM, “Pluralism and Democracy in Pakistan” 162
DARSHAN S. TATLA, “Sikhs in Multicultural Societies” 177
Editorial
MATTHIAS KOENIG
University of Bamberg he current thematic issue of UNESCO’s International Journal on
Multicultural Societies (IJMS) addresses the governance of cultural diversity in post-colonial settings. Building directly on our debate of political integration in modern nation-states (see Vol. 5, No. 1), the contributions to this issue, which are based on a conference sponsored by the UK Economic and Social Research
Council’s ‘Future Governance’ programme, attempt to broaden the agenda of policy-oriented and comparative social science research on cultural diversity by including postcolonial societies, notably South Africa, Malaysia, India, and
Pakistan.
T
Taking into account post-colonial societies within an agenda of comparative research on diversity seems to be both challenging and promising. Challenging because, as guest editors Gurharpal Singh and John Rex argue in their thematic introduction, it requires the integration of two rather separate fields of research.
Studies on ‘multiculturalism’, on the one hand, have mainly been concerned with
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