Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (2007) 2 ; 248-269, Online-Ressource
DDC:
305.8
Abstract:
Abstract: The article explores the relationship of multiculturalism to social solidarity. The multicultural nature of Britain is accepted as a welcome reality but certain problems in relation to the development of multiculturalism in Britain are acknowledged. Various approaches to buttress or replace multiculturalism are reviewed. These are: a strengthened and/or reconstituted nationalism (`Britishness'); human rights; and social equality. The issue of citizenship recurs throughout. It is argued that a combined emphasis on human rights and greater social equality offer a better basis than nationalism for strengthening solidarity in Britain, especially in the longer term. Sociological theory offers a fruitful if strangely neglected starting point for understanding social solidarity. I draw critically on Durkheim and Marx to obtain some objective perspective on this controversial matter
Note:
Postprint
,
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
DOI:
10.1177/1468796807076849
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-230520
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-230520
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796807076849
Permalink