ABSTRACT
This book interrogates politics and practices of multiculturalism and multicultural education in contexts where liberal and critical multiculturalism is under pressure. It examines and interrogates perspectives on multiculturalism and the political and social to diversity in societies in Asia and Europe. It is set against a background of increasing right wing radicalism and pervasive authoritarianism in different parts of the world. These ideologies not only undermine multiculturalism but the potential of democracy itself. The book includes chapters from leading scholars on multiculturalism, interculturalism and diversity around the world. It examines the challenges to multicultural diversity in the Global North, and makes a distinctive contribution by addressing this issue in the Global South societies of Asia, including Myanmar, China, and Pakistan. As such, this book opens up international debate about multiculturalism by providing exchanges rarely heard across borders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|19 pages
Disrupting the field
part II|89 pages
Perspectives from Europe
chapter 5|18 pages
Diversity theory and teachers’ responses
part III|97 pages
Perspectives from Asia
chapter 7|11 pages
Examining colourism in China
chapter 8|17 pages
“Cloistered multiculturalism”?
chapter 9|18 pages
Developing multiculturalism in Myanmar
chapter 11|17 pages
Transnational identities and struggles for multicultural justice in schools
part IV|14 pages
Theoretical reflections