Managing Ethnic Diversity: Meanings and Practices from an International Perspective

Dr Reza Hasmath · Professor Maykel Verkuyten

Dec 2012 · Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

About this ebook

The management of ethnic diversity has become a topical and often controversial subject in recent times, with much debate surrounding multiculturalism as a systematic and comprehensive response for dealing with ethnic diversity. This book engages with these debates, examining the tangible outcomes of multiculturalism as a policy and philosophy in a range of traditional and 'newer' multi-ethnic nations.

Exploring the questions of whether multiculturalism can promote 'ethnic harmony', employment equity and trust between various minority and non-minority groups, Managing Ethnic Diversity also adopts a comparative perspective on the experiences of multiculturalism in various international contexts, in order to examine whether lessons learned from some jurisdictions can be applied to others.

With an international team of experts presenting the latest research from the UK, North America, Europe, China and Australasia, a truly global dialogue is fostered with regard to the utility and limits of multiculturalism in local and comparative contexts. As such, Managing Ethnic Diversity will appeal to social scientists interested in race and ethnicity, multiculturalism and migration.

About the author

Reza Hasmath is Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the University of Oxford, UK and author of The Ethnic Penalty.

Reza Hasmath, Patti Tamara Lenard, Andrew M. Robinson, Margaret Adsett, ISuzanna Reiss, Augie Fleras, Toula Nicolacopoulos, George Vassilacopoulos, Rachel Marangozov, arbara Herzog-Punzenberger, Govind Rao, Ming-Bao Yue, Stefano Fait.