Multiculturalism key thinkers

Society should give people space to have different ideas (people will inevitably disagree on the way of life)

Isaiah Berlin: pluralism

Pluralism (developed liberal pluralism which influences pluralist multiculturalism)

Isaiah Berlin: key idea

Cultures are embedded (respect for an individual means respect for their culture), each culture is valuable but incomplete

Bhikhu Parekh: Rejection of liberal universalism

No culture is worthless (does not mean all cultures are equally rich), pro state intervention to create this dialogue (affirmative action, culturally different application of laws - equality of recognition)

Bhikhu Parekh: cross-cultural dialogue

Rejection of liberal universalism, cross-cultural dialogue

Bhikhu Parekh: key ideas

Difference-blind (Voting Rights Act/tackling poverty by socio-economic measures)

Charles Taylor: equal dignity

Universal right to have your identity recognised (certain rights allocated to different groups and not others)

Charles Taylor: equal recognition

Equal recognition, equal dignity

Charles Taylor: key ideas

As all cultures are diverse, no integration model can be universally accepted or dismissed

Tariq Madood: integration

Assimilation, individualist, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism

Tariq Madood: integration - the 4 integration models

National identity, integration

Tariq Madood: key ideas

Citizens have rights as a culture, but also a sense belonging to the nation

Tariq Madood: national identity

Charles Taylor, Isaiah Berlin, Will Kimlycka, Tariq Madood, Bhikhu Parekh

Who are the key multiculturalist thinkers?

Self-government rights, polyethnic rights, representation rights (liberal multiculturalism)

Will Kimlycka: key ideas