LEADER 02869cam 2200373 i 4500001 ocn962353270 003 OCoLC 005 20170807132524.1 008 161111s2017 nju b 001 0 eng d 019 965805012980988187 020 0691164266 |qhardcover 020 9780691164267 |qhardcover 035 (Sirsi) 99974855251 035 99974855251 035 (OCoLC)962353270 |z(OCoLC)965805012 |z(OCoLC)980988187 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dOCLCQ |dBDX |dBTCTA |dERASA |dNhCcYBP |dUtOrBLW 043 e------ 050 4 HN380.Z9 |bM843 2017 082 04 320.56/1 |223 100 1 Chin, Rita C-K, |d1970- |eauthor. |=^A1008478 245 14 The crisis of multiculturalism in Europe : |ba history / |cRita Chin. 264 1 Princeton, New Jersey : |bPrinceton University Press, |c[2017] 300 xiv, 363 pages ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 In 2010, the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France each declared that multiculturalism had failed in their countries. Over the past decade, a growing consensus in Europe has voiced similar decrees. But what do these ominous proclamations, from across the political spectrum, mean? From the influx of immigrants in the 1950s to contemporary worries about refugees and terrorism, The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe examines the historical development of multiculturalism on the Continent. Rita Chin argues that there were few efforts to institute state-sponsored policies of multiculturalism, and those that emerged were pronounced failures virtually from their inception. She shows that today's crisis of support for cultural pluralism isn't new but actually has its roots in the 1980s. Chin looks at the touchstones of European multiculturalism, from the urgent need for laborers after World War II to the public furor over the publication of The Satanic Verses and the question of French girls wearing headscarves to school. While many Muslim immigrants had lived in Europe for decades, in the 1980s they came to be defined by their religion and the public's preoccupation with gender relations. Acceptance of sexual equality became the critical gauge of Muslims' compatibility with Western values. The convergence of left and right around the defense of such personal freedoms against a putatively illiberal Islam has threatened to undermine commitment to pluralism as a core ideal. 650 0 Multiculturalism |zEurope |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A355039 949 |i30372016657071 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s35.00 |tJoyner48 |uJSOC |zUSD 596 1 998 4809344