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Visions of Multicultural Britain. Jan Erik Mustad Senior Lecturer University of Agder jan.e.mustad@uia.no/ Tel : 47913010 www.janerikmustad.no www.janerikmustad.blogspot.com Twitter: @janerikmustad. Visions of Multicultural Britain. A multinational state Britain as an immigrant nation
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VisionsofMulticultural Britain Jan Erik Mustad Senior Lecturer University of Agder jan.e.mustad@uia.no/ Tel: 47913010 www.janerikmustad.no www.janerikmustad.blogspot.com Twitter: @janerikmustad
VisionsofMulticultural Britain • A multinational state • Britain as an immigrant nation • Influx of people coming and going • Origins and history • Slavery, Empire and Common- wealth
Visions of Multicultural Britain • Post War Immigration - coloured • 1948 British Nationality Act • ’Open Door Policy’- 1948-1962 two turning-points • Citizenship and settlement – England • ’The British Way’ – little interference • Work, class and belonging
Visions of Multicultural Britain • The Politics of Multi-culturalism • From immigration to • Ethnicity, Race, Religion/Culture • David Cameron’s speech 2011 • ’State multiculturalism has failed’ • ’We want good immigration not mass immigration’
Visions of Multicultural Britain • Polarisation • Extremism • Is state multiculturalism to blame? • From multi- to interculturalism