Multiculturalism and the Welfare State : Recognition and Redistribution in
Contemporary Democracies (Paperback)
by Keith Banting (Author), Will Kymlicka (Author)

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (Dec 19 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199289182
ISBN-13: 978-0199289189

Product Description

Book Description
In many Western democracies, ethnic and racial minorities have demanded,
and sometimes achieved, greater recognition and accommodation of their
identities. This is reflected in the adoption of multiculturalism policies
for immigrant groups, the acceptance of territorial autonomy and language
rights for national minorities, and the recognition of land claims and
self-government rights for indigenous peoples. These claims for recognition
have been controversial, in part because of fears that they make it more
difficult to sustain a robust welfare state by eroding the interpersonal
trust, social solidarity and political coalitions that sustain
redistribution. Are these fears of a conflict between a "politics of
recognition" and a "politics of redistribution" valid? This volume is the
first systematic attempt to empirically test this question, using both
cross-national statistical analyses of the relationships among diversity
policies, public attitudes and the welfare state, and case studies of the
recognition/ redistribution linkage in the political coalitions in
particular countries, including the United States, Britain, Canada,
Netherlands, Germany, and in Latin America. These studies suggest that that
there is no general or inherent tendency for recognition to undermine
redistribution, and that the relationship between these two forms of
politics can be supportive as well as competitive, depending on the
context. These findings shed important light, not only on the nature and
effects of multiculturalism, but also on wider debates about the social and
political foundations of the welfare state, and indeed about our most basic
concepts of citizenship and national identity. As a ground-breaking attempt
to connect the literatures on multiculturalism and the welfare state, this
volume will be of great interest to a wide range of scholars and
practitioners who work on issues of ethnocultural diversity and social
policy.

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