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Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and East Asia

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  1. Nam-Kook Kim

    1. Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Nam-Kook Kim
      Pages 1-12

  3. Socio-cultural Cleavage and Challenges to Democracy in East Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Multicultural Dreaming: Democracy and Multiculturalism in the ‘Chinese Dream’

      • James Farrer
      Pages 15-35

    3. The Migrant Workers’ Movement in the Democratic Consolidation of Korea

      • Nam-Kook Kim
      Pages 37-58

    4. Property Law Policy for the Indigenous Ainu People and the Unresolved Issue of Reparations in Japan

      • Kunihiko Yoshida
      Pages 59-81

    5. Multiculturalism and Malaysia’s (Semi-) Democracy: Movements for Electoral Reform in an Evolving Ethno-Political Landscape

      • Julian C. H. Lee
      Pages 83-105

    6. Socio-cultural Cleavages and Red Shirt-Yellow Shirt Conflicts in Thailand’s Politics: A Critical Multiculturalism View

      • Pitch Pongsawat
      Pages 107-128

    7. Local Citizenship and Policy Agenda for ‘Foreign Residents’ in East Asia

      • Jung-Mee Hwang
      Pages 129-152

  4. Discontent over Multiculturalism and Alternative Routes in Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Multiculturalism and the Extreme Right Challenge in Contemporary Britain

      • Nigel Copsey
      Pages 155-175

    3. Nondiscrimination, Diversity and Islam: Challenges for Multiculturalism in France

      • Alexandra Poli
      Pages 177-197

    4. Acculturation of Turkish Muslims as a Challenge to Social Integration in Germany

      • Haci Halil Uslucan
      Pages 199-220

    5. Acts of Citizenship against Neoliberalism: The New Cycle of Migrant Struggles in Italy

      • Federico Oliveri
      Pages 221-242

    6. Multiculturalism and Dimensions of Identification in Eastern Europe: A Failed Policy or Inescapable Reality?

      • Maria Stoicheva
      Pages 243-267

    7. A Shared European Citizenship in a Multinational and Multicultural Environment

      • Frank Delmartino
      Pages 269-291

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 293-301
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About this book

This collection examines the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in 12 countries of Europe and East Asia. Contributors draw out the differences between European and East Asian approaches to universalizing locality and localizing global norms regarding human rights and democratic individuality.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Nam-Kook Kim

About the editor

Nigel Copsey, Teesside University, UK Frank Delmartino, Leuven University, Belgium James Farrer, Sophia University, Japan Jung-Mee Hwang, Korea University, Republic of Korea Julian C.H. Lee, RMIT University, Australia Federico Oliveri, University of Pisa, Italy Alexandra Poli, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France Pitch Pongsawat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Maria Stoicheva, Sofia University, Burgaria Haci Halil Uslucan, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany Kunihiko Yoshida, Hokkaido University, Japan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and East Asia

  • Editors: Nam-Kook Kim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137403452

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-40344-5Published: 28 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48698-4Published: 01 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-40345-2Published: 29 October 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 301

  • Topics: Asian Culture, Social Policy, Ethnicity Studies, Democracy, Political Science, Migration

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