British multiculturalism: in the age of terror
The increasing fear of "homegrown terrorism" has posed a great challenge to British multiculturalism. The debate about multiculturalism policy focuses on whether it promotes the coexistence of cultural diversity or leads to separateness. By examining British multiculturalism in th...
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| author | Zhu, Lunan |
| author2 | Norman Vesonadan Vasu |
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| description | The increasing fear of "homegrown terrorism" has posed a great challenge to British
multiculturalism. The debate about multiculturalism policy focuses on whether it
promotes the coexistence of cultural diversity or leads to separateness. By examining
British multiculturalism in the age of terror, this paper argues that despite some
underlying problems, multiculturalism is not the main motivator of homegrown
terrorism; instead it has managed to deal with cultural differences. By creating a
common identity, British multiculturalism can even act as a weapon against terrorist
ideology. This paper is divided into five parts. Firstly, this paper defines the terms
"multicultural" and "multiculturalism" and classifies multiculturalism according to a
communitarian or liberal stance. This part provides a framework in which to locate
different versions of multiculturalism. Secondly, based on the call for a common
identity within multicultural societies, this part discusses the concept of identity in
detail. Thirdly, it focuses on the formation of British multicultural society and
multiculturalism policy adopted by the Labour government. Fourthly, by examining
recent siege faced by British multiculturalism, this paper further rethinks the
underlying problems of communitarian multiculturalism. Finally, this paper presents
multiple identities of British Muslims, and negotiates a new identity for them.
Key words: multicultural, communitarian/ liberal multiculturalism, identity,
homegrown terrorism, the UK |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/649822020-11-01T08:31:12Z British multiculturalism: in the age of terror Zhu, Lunan Norman Vesonadan Vasu S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology The increasing fear of "homegrown terrorism" has posed a great challenge to British multiculturalism. The debate about multiculturalism policy focuses on whether it promotes the coexistence of cultural diversity or leads to separateness. By examining British multiculturalism in the age of terror, this paper argues that despite some underlying problems, multiculturalism is not the main motivator of homegrown terrorism; instead it has managed to deal with cultural differences. By creating a common identity, British multiculturalism can even act as a weapon against terrorist ideology. This paper is divided into five parts. Firstly, this paper defines the terms "multicultural" and "multiculturalism" and classifies multiculturalism according to a communitarian or liberal stance. This part provides a framework in which to locate different versions of multiculturalism. Secondly, based on the call for a common identity within multicultural societies, this part discusses the concept of identity in detail. Thirdly, it focuses on the formation of British multicultural society and multiculturalism policy adopted by the Labour government. Fourthly, by examining recent siege faced by British multiculturalism, this paper further rethinks the underlying problems of communitarian multiculturalism. Finally, this paper presents multiple identities of British Muslims, and negotiates a new identity for them. Key words: multicultural, communitarian/ liberal multiculturalism, identity, homegrown terrorism, the UK Master of Science (Strategic Studies) 2015-06-10T03:07:56Z 2015-06-10T03:07:56Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64982 en 66 p. application/pdf |
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| title | British multiculturalism: in the age of terror |
| title_full | British multiculturalism: in the age of terror |
| title_fullStr | British multiculturalism: in the age of terror |
| title_full_unstemmed | British multiculturalism: in the age of terror |
| title_short | British multiculturalism: in the age of terror |
| title_sort | british multiculturalism in the age of terror |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology |
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