The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History

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A history of modern European cultural pluralism, its current crisis, and its uncertain future In 2010, the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France each declared that multiculturalism had failed in their countries. Over the past decade, a growing consensus in Europe has voiced similar decrees. But what do these ominous proclamations, from across

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Chin analyzes the current debates in Europe over immigration and Western values to create a vivid picture of a continent consumed by social tensions. The questions [she] poses have never seemed more urgent.Radhika Jones, New York Times Book Review
Lucidly written and resourcefully argued, [this book] is a superb example of a scholarly intervention in a public debate dominated by unexamined prejudice.Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review
Chin has produced a well-researched and readable study of policies toward immigrant communities in Great Britain, France, and, to a lesser extent, Germany, from immediately after WWII to the present.Publishers Weekly
A lucid and erudite overview of the debate.Malise Ruthven, Financial Times

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Rita Chin is professor of history at the University of Michigan. She is the author of The Guest Worker Question in Postwar Germany and the coauthor of After the Nazi Racial State. She was recently awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.