Multiculturalism: a failure or an expensive sociopolitical phenomenon for the 21 Century?

[Mireille Mclaughlin]

Perhaps I'm only revealing my ignorance here but... Does France have a
multiculturalism policy? It was my understanding that while France has
debated multiculturalism (or interculturalism) for a long time, it never
actually implemented a policy. So I'm left wondering to what Sarkozy is
making reference when he speaks of multiculturalism in France.

2011/2/17 Meike Wernicke <meike at shaw.ca>

> I found the opinion piece by Jürgen Habermas in the NYT last October to be
> an interesting comment on the issue:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/opinion/29Habermas.html?pagewanted=1
> <
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/opinion/29Habermas.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2
> &ref=opinion> &_r=2&ref=opinion
>
> all best,
> Meike
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> Meike Wernicke
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of Language and Literacy Education
> University of British Columbia, Canada
> meike at mwernicke.ca
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