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Visions of Multicultural Britain
Jan Erik MustadSenior Lecturer
University of [email protected]/ Tel : 47913010
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Visions of Multicultural Britain
• A multinational state• Britain as an immigrant nation• Influx of people coming and going• Origins and history– Slavery, Empire and Common-wealth
Visions of Multicultural Britain
• Post War Immigration - coloured– 1948 British Nationality Act– ’Open Door Policy’- 1948-1962 two
turning-points– Citizenship and settlement – England– ’The British Way’ – little interference–Work, class and belonging
Visions of Multicultural Britain
• The Politics of Multi-culturalism
• From immigration to – Ethnicity, Race,
Religion/Culture
• David Cameron’s speech 2011– ’State multiculturalism has
failed’– ’We want good immigration
not mass immigration’
Visions of Multicultural Britain
• Polarisation• Extremism• Is state
multiculturalism to blame?
• From multi- to interculturalism