Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and East Asia

2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-40344-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4974 g

This collection examines the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in 12 countries of Europe and East Asia. Contributors draw out the differences between European and East Asian approaches to universalizing locality and localizing global norms regarding human rights and democratic individuality.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kim, N.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Universalization of Locality and Localization of a Global Norms in Europe and East Asia; Nam-Kook Kim 1. Multicultural Dreaming: Democracy and Multiculturalism in the 'Chinese Dream'; James Farrer 2. The Migrant Workers' Movement in the Democratic Consolidation of Korea; Nam-Kook Kim 3. Property Law Policy for the Indigenous Ainu People and the Unresolved Issue of Reparations in Japan; Kunihiko Yoshida 4. Multiculturalism and Malaysia's (Semi-)Democracy: Movements for Electoral Reform in an Evolving Ethnopolitical Landscape; Julian C.H. Lee 5. Socio-cultural Cleavages and Red-Yellow Shirt Conflicts in Thailand's Politics: A Critical Multiculturalism View; Pitch Pongsawat 6. Local Citizenship and Policy Agenda for 'Foreign Residents' in East Asia; Jung-Mee Hwang 7. Multiculturalism and the Extreme Right Challenge in Contemporary Britain; Nigel Copsey 8. Nondiscrimination, Diversity and Islam: Challenges for Multiculturalism in France; Alexandra Poli 9. Acculturation of Turkish Muslims as a Challenge to Social Integration in Germany; Haci Halil Uslucan 10. Acts of Citizenship against Neoliberalism: The New Cycle of Migrant Struggles in Italy; Federico Oliveri 11. Multiculturalism and Dimensions of Identification in Eastern Europe: A Failed Policy or Inescapable Reality?; Maria Stoicheva 12. A Shared European Citizenship in a Multinational and Multicultural Environment; Frank Delmartino

Über Autor(innen)

Nigel Copsey, Teesside University, UK

Frank Delmartino, Leuven University, Belgium

James Farrer, Sophia University, Japan

Jung-Mee Hwang, Korea University, Republic of Korea

Julian C.H. Lee, RMIT University, Australia

Federico Oliveri, University of Pisa, Italy

Alexandra Poli, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France

Pitch Pongsawat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Maria Stoicheva, Sofia University, Burgaria

Haci Halil Uslucan, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany

Kunihiko Yoshida, Hokkaido University, Japan