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Diversity - a new mode of incorporation?

Lately, cultural diversity in Western societies has, in terms of religions, languages, ethnic we-groups, transnational ties, and countries of origin, once more undergone immense growth. Modes of migrant incorporation reflect endeavours to respond this change. While some approaches such as assimilation and multiculturalism emphasize the social integration of migrants in the host societies, the vague term diversity harbours innovative measures in two respects. Firstly, diversity not only addresses the incorporation of migrants, but also how societies and particularly their organizations deal with cultural pluralism. Secondly, diversity can then be understood both as an individual competence of migrants as members of organizations and the civil sphere, and as a set of programmes which organizations adopt to address cultural pluralism. Also, novel forms of diversity have emerged, such as transnationality. Yet in the absence of a rights-based foundation the question arises how social inequality can be dealt with.

Diversity - a new mode of incorporation?

Urheber*in: Faist, Thomas

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Umfang
Seite(n): 171-190
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Erschienen in
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32(1)

Thema
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Migration
Assimilation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Faist, Thomas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Vereinigtes Königreich
(wann)
2008

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-132043
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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  • Faist, Thomas

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  • 2008

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