British Multiculturalism: an Emerging Field for Historians
Although a topic of debate popularly and in other disciplines, British multiculturalism has not received much attention from academic History. This perhaps reflects a belief that such discussions belong to 'current events'. Whilst it is true that multiculturalism is a relatively recent par...
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| description | Although a topic of debate popularly and in other disciplines, British multiculturalism has not received much attention from academic History. This perhaps reflects a belief that such discussions belong to 'current events'. Whilst it is true that multiculturalism is a relatively recent paradigm, British multiculturalism is increasingly open for study by historians. Sources from the 1980s, the heyday of anti-racist and multicultural politics, are readily available. Oral history projects involving ethnic minority Britons are numerous, painting a rich picture. The disempowerment of local governments, often pioneers of multiculturalism, in the late 1980s led to considerable restructuring of multicultural governance. Demographically, contemporary 'superdiversity' has invited different political responses from those aimed at the postcolonial diversity of the 1950s-80s. This postcolonial multiculturalism is now an historical formation. |
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