Accommodating Diversity: National Policies that Prevent Ethnic ConflictPart social policy analysis and part intellectual autobiography, Accommodating Diversity mines the world's most troubling incidences of racial and ethnic conflict in order to find national policies that defuse the strains of cohabitation and encourage true reconciliation. Debunking the notion that conflict is inevitable when dominant and minority communities cohabit, Irwin Deutscher looks at five successful policies, from Swedish legislation dealing with immigrant education to the Chieftaincy act in Ghana, as he examines the possibilities for successful and harmonious intergroup relations. Deutscher concludes that the pursuit of a benign pluralist policy leads ultimately to assimilation, providing a political solution which satisfies the champions of both diversity and unity. With its problem solving focus, study questions, and introductory essays to each section that place the material within sociological theory, this book is an ideal supplement for courses in race, ethnicity, and social problems. |
Contents
The Beginning Abe Lincoln in India and a Pair of Hungarians in Ottawa | 3 |
Democracy and Its Downside | 9 |
The Invention of Race and Ethnicity and Its Many Consequences | 29 |
Identities Ethnic and Otherwise | 45 |
Ethnic Renewal Italian Americans Bosnian Muslims and Native Americans | 57 |
Reporters for the Daily Press A Worldwide Network of Research Assistants | 67 |
Toward Solutions From Time to Time and Place to Place | 79 |
Backdrop and Precursors | 81 |
Sojourner Finns Israelis and Greeks and Also the Unfashionable Solution of Partition India No Czechoslovakia Yes | 101 |
Leave Vengeance to the Lord One Tough but Grand Solution | 111 |
Over the Horizon | 119 |
Beyond National Policies | 121 |
Assimilation and Pluralism An Outmoded Distinction? | 129 |
The End Values Politics and Assimilation | 145 |
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About the Author | |
The Enclave Solution in Switzerland and Ghana | 87 |
The Immigrant Solution in Sweden Canada and Australia | 93 |
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