La sociedad multicultural. Democracia y derechos

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Javier de Lucas

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The author departs from a substantiated fact: multi-cultural societies are a phenomenon of our time. That is, in our present societies separate codes and cultural identities —resulting from ethnic, linguistic, religious or national differences— live together. In Europe this phenomenon is an aftermath of the fragmentation of highly homogenous societies, of the crisis of internal consensus and of the welfare State, of migration flows, etc. Undoubtedly complex multicultural societies further contest democracy: How to reconcile political unity with social diversity? The author presents a critical analysis of the debate this phenomenon has generated foremostly represented on the one side by those who contend that multi-culturalism is simply another dimension of plurality, and on the other by those who argue that it is democracy s major challenge. The author also examines the assimilationist and segregationist reactions to multiculturalism, and proposes the reassessment of the concept "citizenship", understood not only in terms of nationality, but also as a search for further elements of inclusion, rooting and attachment as sources of identity.

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de Lucas, J. (2015). La sociedad multicultural. Democracia y derechos. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Políticas Y Sociales, 41(167). https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.1997.167.49424

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