CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Gurgurova, Natalia |
|---|---|
| Title | Is there a Retreat from Multiculturalism? The Case of Education Policies in the United Kingdom and Germany |
| Summary | Multiculturalism has been one of the policy responses to the increased immigration in several Western European countries since the 1960s. Yet recently it has been severe criticized. There is a claim popularized by Christian Joppke that there is a wholesome retreat from multiculturalism, which is replaced by converging civic integration policies across Europe. The other side of the debate challenges this idea stating that multiculturalism is compatible with some forms of civic integration policies. The advocates of multiculturalism, most notably Will Kymlicka, argue that there is little evidence of immigration policies’ convergence among European states. The thesis ties up with this debate by focusing on multicultural policies in the area of education. It contributes to the debate by providing evidence of multicultural education policies development in two countries – the United Kingdom and Germany. It tests the question of convergence or divergence of multicultural policies by looking at current developments in a longer historical perspective. The findings show that despite noteworthy differences in the immigration profiles, political, social and education systems, the two countries exhibit similar dynamics in their multicultural education policies development since the 1960s. These findings support Joppke’s argument about the convergence of integration policies. However, it is preliminary to claim the retreat from multiculturalism which is still present at least at the local level in the field of education policies of two big European countries. In this regard, it is possible to support Kymlicka’s position on the question of retreat from multiculturalism. |
| Supervisor | Thomas Fetzer |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/gurgurova_natalia.pdf |
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