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- Title: Demography, National Myths, And Political Origins: Perceiving Official Multiculturalism in Quebec.
- Author : Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 228 KB
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ABSTRACT/RESUME Popular and academic discourses perceive Quebec's approach to pluralism, called interculturalism, as being very different from Canada's multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is seen as fragmenting; interculturalism as dialogical and unifying. Yet the hallmark policies of both governments are, in fact, very similar in their approach to cultural pluralism. In policy terms, interculturalism and multiculturalism strike a similar balance between individual rights, the accommodation of cultural difference, and the promotion of social cohesion. Why, then, is there this divergence between perception and policy? Unpacking both, this paper fosters a more accurate understanding of the terms of the multiculturalism/ interculturalism debate. It argues that in this case, demographic and historical contexts as well as national mythologizing are more important in explaining popular and academic discourse than substantive policy differences.