Policy of multiculturalism - protection or control of ethnic identities? Cover Image

Politike multikulturalnosti. Zaštita ili kontrola etničkih identiteta?
Policy of multiculturalism - protection or control of ethnic identities?

Author(s): Goran Bašić
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: multiculturalism; ethno-cultural (national) minorities; policy of multiculturality;

Summary/Abstract: Policies of multiculturalism are not an inheritance of modern and liberal state, although it is often concluded in the public. Historical empires, states of "old" democracy, colonial and immigrant societies, as well as eastern European countries after the experiment with communism confronted with a problem of "control" of multiculturalism. Models of the multicultural policy are numerous and dependable on political, social and cultural circumstances in different parts of the world, and often culturally similar states develop different multicultural policies. Historical and contemporary experiences related to the multicultural policies are discussed in the paper, and the last part deals conditions in which contemporary Serbia responds on requirements and challenges of its own multiculturalism.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 167-199
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Serbian