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Joly, Daniele (2012) Race, ethnicity and religion : emerging policies in Britain. Patterns of Prejudice, Volume 46 (Number 5). pp. 467-485. doi:10.1080/0031322X.2012.718165 ISSN 0031-322X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0031322X.2012.718165
Abstract
Britain's integration model is recurrently held up as the epitome of the multiculturalist model in Europe. Moreover, it tends to be presented as though it was intrinsic to British society and had always existed. This is not the case. In reality the model has passed through successive phases of an ongoing evolution and was constructed through the interaction between British society and the ethnic minorities of immigrant origin who settled in Britain after the Second World War. After a brief period of assimilationism, a race relations paradigm was formulated, followed by the establishment of a multicultural policy. It is often assumed that multicultural policy is a simple continuation of a race relations approach under another name. But Joly argues that this is inaccurate and that each corresponds to distinct policy parameters and to different stages. Moreover, this was not the end of the line. The multiculturalist model has come under a barrage of criticism emanating from various sources and different viewpoints. Nevertheless, Joly maintains that it has not been eliminated but has metamorphosed into a Muslim paradigm. Her paper explores the different stages of integration policies directed at immigrants and how those were constructed. The paradigms were developed through the categorization of immigrants by the majority and the mobilization of immigrants as a result of their interaction with British society. The paper draws the contours of each of these stages, examines the fault lines and areas of tension, and explores the underpinnings of the evolution. It argues that policies were forged through and beyond discourses largely by the immigrants themselves. In the main it can be posited that the process started with action that began at local level at the initiative of the immigrants and subsequently progressed to the national level. This prompted responses and funding programmes from central government.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Patterns of Prejudice | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0031-322X | ||||
Official Date: | August 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 46 | ||||
Number: | Number 5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 467-485 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/0031322X.2012.718165 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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