Us, Them, and Others – Pluralism and National Identity in Diverse Societies

Us, Them, and OthersPluralism and National Identity in Diverse Societies\nAuthor(s): Elke Winter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802096395, 978-0802096395\nSynopsis\nHow do countries come to view themselves as being multicultural? Us, Them, and Others presents a dynamic new model for understanding pluralism based on the triangular relationship between three groups the national majority, historically recognized minorities, and diverse immigrant bodies. Elke Winter's research illustrates how compromise between unequal groups is rendered meaningful through confrontation with real or imagined outsiders.\n\n Us, Them, and Others sheds new light on the astonishing resilience of Canadian multiculturalism in the late 1990s, when multicultural policies in other countries had already come under heavy attack. Winter draws on analyses of English-language newspaper discourses and a sociological framework to co.