Public Commissions on Cultural and Religious Diversity - 9781032096926

Taylor & Francis

Public Commissions on Cultural and Religious DiversityAnalysis, Reception and Challenges\nAuthor(s): Solange Lefebvre, Patrice Brodeur\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032096926, 978-1032096926\nSynopsis\nDue to growing negative perceptions about relations between historically entrenched, dominant populations and various minority groups, issues relating to the need to better manage cultural and religious diversity have been intensifying in many countries. These negative perceptions have recently led to a significant increase in popular support for right and extreme right nationalist discourses, and have created so much public tension that national governments have had no choice but to respond. In the last two decades, in several Western contexts in particular, the issues raised by such combined challenges have culminated in the creation of government-initiated or private national commissions.\n\nThis book presen.