The multiculturalism debate is guaranteed to whip up a storm Pundits have been reacting to a speech by David Cameron in which the prime minister argued multiculturalism had "failed". But what do ...

In the 1960s in Quebec, in French Canada, "The Quiet Revolution" of discontent resulted in the creation of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (the B&B Commission). "The Other ...

As the European Union is struggling to deal with the migrant crisis (hundreds of migrants drowned in the Mediterranean), German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on record as saying “you can’t all come,” ...

Multiculturalism emerged in the late twentieth century as a policy paradigm recognising the rights of distinct cultural, ethnic or religious groups within liberal democracies. Its core aim is to ...

The Australian experience of multiculturalism has been very different from the British one, and from that of other countries in Europe. Australia has a record that is almost unblemished by tensions, ...

The Lowy Institute’s Multiculturalism, Identity and Influence Project (2020–2023), funded by the Department of Home Affairs, comprised three nationally representative surveys of the Australian ...

One of the many signs of the rightward creep of Western European politics is the recent unison of voices denouncing multiculturalism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel led off last October by claiming ...

Numerous heads of state including Nicolas Sarkozy (France), Angela Merkel (Germany), and David Cameron (UK) have recently proclaimed that multiculturalism has been an utter failure (see here). Many ...

Much has changed in relation to the discussion of Britishness since my collection of essays, Not Easy Being British: Colour, Culture and Citizenship was published in 1992. For me the most important is ...