NTA UGC/NET/SET/JRF Political Science Paper 2 - 2024, 2nd Edition, Includes 2023 Solved Papers

CHAPTER 7

Multiculturalism

INTRODUCTION

Multiculturalism was started as a movement for the protection of rights and liberties of marginalized sections of society in western liberal countries. It is a contemporary political ideology, and it became popular during the 1970s and 80s. In 1971 Canada was the first to officially adopt the principle of Multiculturalism as part of Public Policy. Canada’s multicultural policy helped in protecting the minority french-speaking community of Quebec province. Multiculturalism as a political ideology originated as a challenge to the idea of individualism in liberal ideology.

CENTRAL ARGUMENTS OF MULTICULTURALISM

1. The idea of the Nation-State System (One-nation One-Culture One Identity), usually result in the ...