Multiculturalism in crisis: A postmodern perspective on Canada

McLellan, Janet; Richmond, Anthony H.

doi:10.1080/01419870.1994.9993845

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“…Multiculturalis m as a policy goal clearly entails certain problems, but has nonetheless been adopted as a political program in countries like Australia, Canada and Sweden (Brubaker, 1992;Castles and Miller, 1993;Hammar, 1993;McLellan and Richmond, 1994). Australia and Canada adopted multiculturalis m as political programs in the early 1970s.…”

Section: Mikael Hjermmentioning

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Multiculturalism Reassessed

Hjerm¹

2000

Citizenship Studies

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Section: Mikael Hjermmentioning

confidence: 97%

Multiculturalism Reassessed

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2000

Citizenship Studies

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“…In fact, 49.4% of Quebecois voted a few years ago in favour of Quebec's secession from Canada. The indigenous people of the country or the First Nations have rejected Canada's official multiculturalism (Ritz and Breton 1994;Bissoondath 1994;McLellan and Richmond 1994).…”

Section: Multiculturalism and Multicultural Societiesmentioning

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Multicommunitarianism in a fragmented world

Momin

2004

Asia Europe Journal

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This paper proceeds with the premise that individual lives, societies and cultures in our globalizing era in general and in Western countries in particular are becoming increasingly fragile and vulnerable to fragmentation and atomization. This fragmentation, the paper argues, is embedded in a complex interplay between a variety of factors, including the forces unleashed by late modernity and globalization and the increasing diversification of societies across the globe. This is followed by a critique of the existing models of societal integration, including nationalism, multiculturalism, civil society and communitarianism. In the concluding part of the paper, multicommunitarianism is proposed as an alternative to the existing models of societal and national integration, aimed at healing the rupture caused by the processes of modernization and globalization and at restoring the balance and harmony between the individual and society.

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“…In fact recognition of differences and cultural diversity is essential to protecting equality in civil society. Second, academics critical of multiculturalism have pointed out that the liberal version of multiculturalism is mainly symbolic, as it merely encourages individual multiculturalism in private life while leaving institutional homogeneity and ideological uniformity intact, thus implying that liberalism has comfortably incorporated multiculturalism by relegating the latter to the margin (Breton, 1987;Gans, 1979;Kallen, 1982;Li, 1999;McLellan & Richmond, 1994;Roberts & Clifton, 1982;Steinberg, 1981). In short, the official multiculturalism policy has lent support to a symbolic version of cultural difference that poses no possible threat to universalism and cohesion of liberal democratic society.…”

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Deconstructing Canada’s discourse of immigrant integration

2003

Int. Migration & Integration

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The term"intewation"is commonly used in Canada ~ immigration discourse to rtJ:er to the desirable way by which newcomers should become members ql: the receiving socicttl. Policy-makers, immigration critics, and academics adopt different languages and conceptual tools to articulate integration, but the subtext qf their discourse is similar This paper deconstructs the integration discourse in policy statements, immiL,ation debates, and academic writings. The analysis shows that the discourse t'ndorscs a col(&rmity model in assessing immigrants and a monolithic cultural ):ramework that preaches tolerance in the abstract but remains intolerant toward cultural spec(ficitics deemed outside the mainstream. The subtext is unequivocah Becoming similar to CamTdians is intewation and maintaining cultural d((/i'rence is opposite to integration. The paper advocates a more inclusive approach toward integration.On utilise couramment le terme d'intdgration dans le discoltrs de l'immigration cmzadicnne pour se r~!ti;rcr au moyen souhaitabh" par lequel les nouveaux arrivants devmicnt devcnir membres dc hz soci~;t~ d' accucil. Responsables ties politiques, critiques en matibre d'immisvation et intcllectuels adoptent un langage et zm outil conceptuel d(l~}i%'nts pour exprimer leur point de vue, ttlais le sous-texte de leur discours reste h' m&nt'. Le but de cet artich' est de d&tzanteler ce discours darts les Jnonc~;s de politiques, h's ddbats sur l'immism~tion et los &tits thdoriques. L'am~lyse montre que h" discours adh&e t' 7 un modNc de conformitd dans son dvaluatioli des immi&~rants et qu'il impose t~ ceux-ci un cadre cultural monolithique qui pr&he la tol&ance de mani&e th&~rique mais qui dans la pratique rcste intoh;mnt etmers les spdc(ficitds ctdturelles consid&(es commc dtant ~ l'dcart des coumnts domimu~ts. Le' sous-tcxte est saris (quivoque : devenir semblabh' aux Canadiens, c'est l'intdgmtion et mamtenir urn" d((t&cnce culturelle, c'est le contmire de l'intdgration. Cot article pr&o,ise urn' atwoclw pltls globah" vis h vis de l'inte'uation.

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Multiculturalism in crisis: A postmodern perspective on Canada

Cited by 20 publications

References 15 publications

Multiculturalism Reassessed

Multiculturalism Reassessed

Multicommunitarianism in a fragmented world

Deconstructing Canada’s discourse of immigrant integration

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