fiversity
- Created by: Rachel
- Created on: 08-06-13 11:06
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- Diversity
- core feature
- idea that all representations of society should reflect the diverse elements of which it is made up of
- represented in forms of employment, public service & poltics
- In UK public bodies are assessed at how effectively they promote diversity
- Citizenship education places central focus on diversity and the legitimisation of diversity in personal identity
- criticised for undermining the homogeneity of nation
- and therefore promote social tensions
- Diversity is set against the preferred principles of integration (where migrants adopt the practices of the host country)
- OR assimilation - where migrants are absorbed into the host community
- These 2 principle demand that immigrants have an obligation to adjust themselves to the practices of the host community and to obey its expectations of heritage and cultural norms
- OR assimilation - where migrants are absorbed into the host community
- idea that all representations of society should reflect the diverse elements of which it is made up of
- Tension between Diversity & Integration exists in USA
- motto of republic - from many shall come one
- ambivalent statement
- can mean that anyone wishing to become a US citizen must adopt the principle of Americanism
- can also mean that migrants can make their own new american identity
- dont need to hide a sense of where they cam from as long as they give pride of their place to their Americaness
- explains existence of hyphen americans - african-americans, etc.
- As long as the native identity is the adjective qualifying the US noun - this diversity is acceptable and a strength of US identity
- argued by Obama in iaugural address Jan 2009
- dont need to hide a sense of where they cam from as long as they give pride of their place to their Americaness
- ambivalent statement
- motto of republic - from many shall come one
- BENEFICIAL to society and the individual
- brings a range of experience and cultural inputs which increase the scope of society
- EG: music and other forms of culture
- makes society more vibrant and free modern society from the danger of developing a dull conformism warned of by JS Mill
- their perception of the world is enlarged by participating in a diverse society
- can achieve self relsation
- reduces prejudices - which is generated by lack of contact with other cultures and the ignorance of other peoples cultures
- tensions and conflict rarely occur within areas of great diversity
- they tend to arise on the boundaries BETWEEN ares dominated by different religions, ethnic/cultural groups
- EG: music and other forms of culture
- brings a range of experience and cultural inputs which increase the scope of society
- core feature
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