Legal and political management of religious diversity in Québec and Canada

Canada is a plural society that has also developed legal and political instruments to manage its diversity, including religious diversity. If Canada offi cially adopted Multiculturalismas the prevailing policy in this fi eld, Quebec has chosen to adopt the so-called Interculturalism, which, however,...

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Main Authors: Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez, Dolores Morondo Taramundi
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2013-05-01
Series:Migraciones
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Online Access:https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/1022
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description Canada is a plural society that has also developed legal and political instruments to manage its diversity, including religious diversity. If Canada offi cially adopted Multiculturalismas the prevailing policy in this fi eld, Quebec has chosen to adopt the so-called Interculturalism, which, however, has not been officially defi ned. The main legal instrument to manage religious diversityis reasonable accommodation, whose evaluation justified the establishment of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission. A global analysis shows that Quebec has not yet developed a fully finished model of diversity management or a clearly alternative to the one operating in the rest of Canada, apart from the primacy given toits own linguistic option.
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spellingShingle Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez
Dolores Morondo Taramundi
Legal and political management of religious diversity in Québec and Canada
Migraciones
Canadá
Diversidad religiosa
Multiculturalismo
Interculturalismo
Acomodo razonable
title Legal and political management of religious diversity in Québec and Canada
title_full Legal and political management of religious diversity in Québec and Canada
title_fullStr Legal and political management of religious diversity in Québec and Canada
title_full_unstemmed Legal and political management of religious diversity in Québec and Canada
title_short Legal and political management of religious diversity in Québec and Canada
title_sort legal and political management of religious diversity in quebec and canada
topic Canadá
Diversidad religiosa
Multiculturalismo
Interculturalismo
Acomodo razonable
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