New book explores the critical debate between multicultural and intercultural approaches in both political theory and practice....

 Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Debating the Dividing Lines

Both interculturalism and multiculturalism address the question of how states should forge unity from ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. But what are the dividing lines between interculturalism and multiculturalism?

This volume brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field to address these two different approaches. With a Foreword by Charles Taylor and an Afterword by Bhikhu Parekh, this collection spans European, North-American and Latin-American debates.

Key Features

·   Discusses cases from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, Québec, Spain, Catalonia, Québec and several Latin American cases

·   Combines policy analysis and theoretical analysis

About the authors

Dr Nasar Meer is Reader and Chancellor's Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde.

Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol.

Ricard Zapata-Barrero is Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). He is co-editor of The Politics of Immigration in Multi-Level States: Governance and Political Parties (with Eve Hepburn, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and of Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship: A European Approach (with Anna Triandafyllidou and Tariq Modood, Routledge, 2006).