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