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[Unni Wikan] ↠ Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe á Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe Thought-provoking work Unni Wikan, a social anthropologist who teaches at the University of Oslo, analyzes the effect her country's multi-cultural policies have had on women and daughters in immigrant communities.Wikan weaves a compelling narrative in defending a highly controversial proposition: that the Norwegian state's multicultural policies, embraced by a progressive polity with the best of intentions, have actually led to a great. Have we been stupid in Norway? This book is about how we me
| Title | : | Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.49 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226896854 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 308 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
Thought-provoking work Unni Wikan, a social anthropologist who teaches at the University of Oslo, analyzes the effect her country's multi-cultural policies have had on women and daughters in immigrant communities.Wikan weaves a compelling narrative in defending a highly controversial proposition: that the Norwegian state's multicultural policies, embraced by a progressive polity with the best of intentions, have actually led to a great. Have we been stupid in Norway? This book is about how we meet our "new inhabitants". It tell us the story of what has happend to the people who came to our country (Norway), and the incompetence of the government. I think this is an important book, beacause it make us see that we have to open up our eyes and really think of the policy in questions of integration of new citizens.
Fearful of being considered racist, state agencies have sacrificed freedom and equality in the name of culture.Should immigrants be allowed to take their children, who have been born and raised in one country back to the "homeland" to be married against their will? Should schools provide bilingual instruction, even when it means that children of immigrants will never learn to speak their mother tongue? Where should immigrants' loyalties lie-with their country of birth or their country of residence? What is the meaning of citizenship in this multicultural world? These are among the questions that Wikan confronts, comparing her native Norway to Western Europe and the United States. Culture has become a new concept of race, sustaining ethni
In this bold and controversial book, Unni Wikan shows how an excessive respect for "their culture" has been part of the problem. Contradictions arise between policies of respect for minority cultures, welfare, and freedom, but the goal is the same: to create a society committed to both social justice and respect for human rights.Writing with power and grace, Wikan makes a plea for a renewed moral vitality and human empathy that can pave the way for more effective social policies and create change.. All over Western Europe, the lot of many non-Western immigrants is one of marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. Fearful of being considered racist, state agencies have sacrificed freedom and equality in the name of culture.Comparing her native Norway to Western Europe and the United States, Wikan focuses on people caught in turmoil, how institutions function, and the ways in which public opinion is shaped and state policies determined. Culture has become a new concept of race, sustaining ethnic identity politics that subvert human rights—especially for women and childre
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