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ReviewDebate: We need human rights not nationalism 'lite'
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Abstract The article explores the relationship of multiculturalism to social solidarity. The multicultural nature of Britain is accepted as a welcome reality but certain problems in relation to the development of multiculturalism in Britain are acknowledged. Various approaches to buttress or replace multicul... view more
The article explores the relationship of multiculturalism to social solidarity. The multicultural nature of Britain is accepted as a welcome reality but certain problems in relation to the development of multiculturalism in Britain are acknowledged. Various approaches to buttress or replace multiculturalism are reviewed. These are: a strengthened and/or reconstituted nationalism (`Britishness'); human rights; and social equality. The issue of citizenship recurs throughout. It is argued that a combined emphasis on human rights and greater social equality offer a better basis than nationalism for strengthening solidarity in Britain, especially in the longer term. Sociological theory offers a fruitful if strangely neglected starting point for understanding social solidarity. I draw critically on Durkheim and Marx to obtain some objective perspective on this controversial matter.... view less
Keywords
integration
Free Keywords
Britain; citizenship; equality; multiculturalism; social solidarity;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 248-269
Journal
Ethnicities, 7 (2007) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796807076849
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)