Interculturalism: The New Era of Cohesion and Diversity

Interculturalism is a new concept for managing community relations in a world defined by globalization and 'superdiversity'. This book argues that as countries become more diverse a new framework of interculturalism is needed to mediate these relationships and that this will require new systems of governance to support it.

'Ted Cantle has been a key figure in redirecting the debate about multiculturalism away from a stress on minority difference and on to thinking about how to build a common life in our diverse cities. This book is a lucid account from the front line of one of Britain's most important policy debates.' - David Goodhart, Director of thinktank Demos, UK

'Today's world is fast, at once more connected and more tribalised; identity politics and indefinable conflicts have replaced the more intelligible Cold War; global capitalism is volatile and the powerful are increasingly mistrusted. Established institutions, systems, paradigms and policies are hopelessly out of date. The conceptual shift proposed in this book- from nationalisms and multiculturalism to interculturalism- is compelling and could just pull the world back from dystopia.' - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Auteur

TED CANTLE, CBE is regarded as the 'founding father' of community cohesion, following the publication of the Cantle Report into the UK race riots of 2001. He led the Government panel on cohesion for five years before setting up the Institute for Community Cohesion (iCoCo) at Coventry University, UK, where he holds the post of Executive Chair. He is also Associate Director of the Local Government Improvement and Development Agency and Visiting Professor at Nottingham Business School. He is author of Community Cohesion: A New Framework for Race and Diversity (Palgrave, 2005 & 2008). In 2004 he was awarded the CBE.

Contenu
Introduction Globalization and 'Super Diversity' Reforming the Notion of Identity The 'Failure' of Multiculturalism The Contribution of Community Cohesion Segregation and Integration Interculturalism: Conceptualization Interculturalism: Policy and Practice Notes Bibliography Index