Format:
XI, 209 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [s.l.] eblib Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780748635443
Content:
This book identifies two key themes: (i) that contemporary global politics has rendered many of the worldâs democracies susceptible to the rhetoric and policy of majoritarianism; and (ii) that majoritarianism plays on popular anxieties that invariably gravitate towards cultural identity and multiculturalism.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Indian Terms -- Introduction -- Scene 1: Oldham, Bradford and Burnley, summer 2001 -- Scene 2: Gujarat, spring 2002 -- Of communities and citizens -- The majoritarian reflex -- The progressive dilemma -- British majoritarianism -- Indian majoritarianism -- Multiculturalism and anti-secularism -- Multiculturalism -- Anti-secularism -- Multiculturalism and the progressive dilemma -- How this book is organised -- Notes -- Chapter 1 - The Trouble with David Goodhart's Britain: Liberalism's Slide towards Majoritarianism -- Goodhart on diversity and solidarity -- Illiberal community -- From multiculturalism to community cohesion -- The threat of ethnic diversity -- Goodhart's communitarianism -- The politics of anxiety -- Whom does liberal nationalism serve? -- Liberal nationalism and the diminution of human rights -- Conditional communitarianism -- Corrupting liberalism's legacy -- The neurotic citizen -- Neurotic citizenship -- illiberal community -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 - Saffron Semantics: The Struggle to Define Hindu Nationalism -- Indian fascism? -- The relevance of fascism -- The irrelevance of fascism -- Not fascism, majoritarianism -- Hindumajoritarianism and theNew Economic Policy -- Congress socialism and Indian servility -- Socialism as cultural imperialism -- An excuse for neo-liberalism: swadeshi capitalism -- Instrumentality -- Swadeshi -- Hindu cultures of capitalism -- The rise and rise of the middle classes -- Hindutva and the growing anti-poor bias -- Will India continue to lurch to the Right? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 - Spilling the Clear Red Water: How we Got from New Times to New Liberalism -- 'New times' -- Socialist individualism -- Responding to cultural diversity -- Citizenship and personal responsibility -- The personal is political.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748635467
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748635443
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Pathak, Pathik The future of multicultural Britain Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008 ISBN 0748635459
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0748635440
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748635450
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748635443
Additional Edition:
Print version The Future of Multicultural Britain : Confronting the Progressive Dilemma
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
;
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Soziale Probleme
;
Großbritannien
;
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
;
Inder
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