ISBN:
1849802890
,
9781849802895
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 356 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment and sustainable development
Parallel Title:
Print version The Sustainability of Cultural Diversity : Nations, Cities and Organizations
DDC:
303.482
Keywords:
Social psychology
;
Cultural pluralism
Abstract:
This engaging book addresses the question of how diverse communities, whether in a nation, city or organization, can live together and prosper whilst retaining and enjoying their cultural differences. This is a particularly pertinent issue in the context of the modern world where mass migration and immigration are pervasive global phenomena. This volume brings together a series of contributors from various disciplines and cultural settings to address two central questions: * how does cultural diversity contribute to or hamper central notions of sustainability such as human welfare, social cohe
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Conceptual Introduction; 1. Sustainable Diversity; 2. An Historical Perspective on Sustainable Diversity: Market and Nation as Catalysts of Diversity in Modern Europe (1800-1950); PART II Sustainable Diversity at the Level of the Nation; 3. Sustainable Diversity and Inequality: Race in the USA and Beyond; 4. The Republic against Republicanism: The French Debate on Cultural Diversity (1983-2005); 5. Cultural Diversity in Bolivia: From Liberal Interculturalism to Indigenous Modernity
Description / Table of Contents:
6. Diversity in European Regions: Lessons from Germany7. Diversity and Tolerance: Rhetoric versus Reality; PART III Sustainable Diversity at the Level of the City; 8. Material Culture in the City: Consumption, Diversity and Sustainability in City Neighbourhoods; 9. From Uniformity to Sustainable Diversity: Transformations of a Post-Socialist City; 10. Cultural Diversity-Based Projects and their Effects on Sustainable Development; 11. Cultural Capital, Local Identities and Ethnice Diversity: A Study of Amsterdam Cultural Tourism Trends
Description / Table of Contents:
12. Migration in the Czech Republic: A Source of Social Diversity and Formation of New Social Networks in the Urban EnvironmentPART IV Sustainable Diversity at the Level of the Organization; 13. Towards Sustainable Diversity in Organizations: Lessons from Good Diversity Management Practices; 14. Managing Diversity Conceptually: Shifting Conceptualizations of Diversity in the Context of Immigrant Organizations in Sweden; 15. Ethnicity and Sustainability in Organizations: Does Organizational Identification Matter?
Description / Table of Contents:
16. Migrant Entrepreneurship in a Diverse Europe: In Search of Sustainable DevelopmentIndex
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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