SOC375H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Identity, Will Kymlicka
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Britain and such countries are turning away from multiculturalism policies, re-establish nation building. Canada is in a relative position, maintaining multiculturalism. David cameron: hard to identify with the mainstream: don"t know what to assimilate into, live on the fringes, feeling alienated from society and cultural institutions, multiculturalism reinforces this. Asks how we can stay safe for diversity, while also safe from diversity. Fluffy term, can really mean whatever people want it to mean. Defined as a principle and a practice for engaging diversity as different yet equal: package for integrating minorities into broader framework of society, multiculturalism as a social fact. Making an empirical statement about what is, current condition of what we"re living in. Living in a country with diverse people. Not unique for just canada, demographically diverse. About the demographic composition of a country. Canadian state promoted conformity to cultural norms. Ideal image on how they should live and interact in pluralistic society: multiculturalism as ideology for pluralism.
