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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Multiculturalism as a distinct form of liberal-democratic governance gained widespread acceptance after World War II, but in recent years this consensus has been fractured. Multiculturalism in the British Commonwealth examines cultural diversity across the postwar Commonwealth, situating modern multiculturalism in its national, international, and historical contexts. Bringing together practitioners from across the humanities and social sciences to explore the legal, political, and philosophical issues involved, these essays address common questions: What is postwar multiculturalism? Why did it come about? How have social actors responded to it? In addition to chapters on Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand, this volume also covers India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, and Trinidad, tracing the historical roots of contemporary dilemmas back to the intertwined legacies of imperialism and liberalism. In so doing it demonstrates that multiculturalism has implications that stretch far beyond its current formulations in public and academic discourse.
General & world history --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural diversity policy --- Cultural pluralism --- Cultural pluralism policy --- Ethnic diversity policy --- Social policy --- Anti-racism --- Ethnicity --- Cultural fusion --- Government policy --- constitutionalism. --- cultural diversity. --- decolonization. --- globalization. --- group politics. --- immigration. --- increased demographic diversity. --- indigenous peoples. --- legal strategies. --- liberal democratic citizenship. --- liberal democratic governance. --- multiculturalism. --- nation state building. --- national minorities. --- nationalism. --- political economy. --- political strategies. --- political theory. --- practice. --- public debates. --- remaking of the world. --- secularism. --- social diversity. --- social theory. --- theory.
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While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. In this first ethnographic study of the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, Robin LeBlanc argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society. To study the relationship between gender and liberal democratic citizenship, LeBlanc conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in suburban Tokyo among housewives, volunteer groups, consumer cooperative movements, and the members of a committee to reelect a female Diet member who used her own housewife status as the key to victory. LeBlanc argues that contrary to popular perception, Japanese housewives are ultimately not without a political world. Full of new and stimulating material, engagingly written, and deft in its weaving of theoretical perspectives with field research, this study will not only open up new dialogues between gender theory and broader social science concerns but also provide a superb introduction to politics in Japan as a whole.
Women --- Housewives --- Political participation --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- Homemakers --- Mothers --- Wives --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Political activity --- Social conditions --- #SBIB:316.346H20 --- #SBIB:324H60 --- J4010 --- J4176 --- Positie van de vrouw in de samenleving: algemeen --- Politieke socialisatie --- Japan: Social sciences in general -- ideology, socio-political and socio-economic movements --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism --- Women in politics --- 20th century japanese culture. --- 20th century japanese politics. --- community service. --- consumer cooperative movements. --- elite politics. --- ethnography. --- female diet member. --- field research. --- fieldwork. --- gender studies. --- gender theory. --- housewives. --- japan. --- japanese citizenship. --- japanese culture. --- japanese housewives. --- japanese male politician. --- japanese politics. --- japanese society. --- japanese women. --- liberal democratic citizenship. --- political world. --- politics. --- regular housewife. --- social science. --- sociology. --- the ono campaign. --- tokyo. --- volunteer groups.
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