Race, Ethnicity and Difference versus Imagined Homogeneity within the European Union

Autor/in	Gaine, Chris
Titel	Race, Ethnicity and Difference versus Imagined Homogeneity within the European Union
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 7 (2008) 1, S.23-38 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304/eerj.2008.7.1.23
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Ethnicity; Nationalism; Urban Areas; Foreign Countries; Immigration; Immigrants; Racial Differences; Cultural Influences; Social Discrimination; Public Policy; Minority Groups; Social Attitudes; Racial Discrimination; Social History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Nationalismus; Urban area; Stadtregion; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Rassenunterschied; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ethnische Minderheit; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Racial bias; Rassismus; Sozialgeschichte
Abstract	This article argues three things. First, it argues that the perception of diversity being problematic in Europe has been generated largely by non-European immigration into urban areas. This has been Britain's experience for 50 years and Spain's for barely 15, but whether the immigrants are ex-colonial, Turkish or Balkan migrant labour, or Africans escaping economic despair, they are likely to be seen as troublingly "other". The second argument is that partly in response to this there is a degree of policy convergence about protection from discrimination, although it is complex, has several motives and is subject to many local variations. Thirdly, the article reviews the existing diversity within Europe before the immigration of the late twentieth century and argues that historic "indigenous" minorities have received less recognition and legal protection, primarily because of the very notions of national identity now troubled by immigration. (Contains 5 notes and 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10