PO101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Gender Inequality, Gender Equality, West Indies A Cricket Team
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For many theorists, postmodernism is a critique of ideologies: michael foucalt (1926-1984) and jacques derrida (1930-2004) The world is too diverse to be captured by just one theme or theory. Postmodernism has been criticized for focusing on deconstruction and not offering any guidance to positive action. Contemporary western responses to the problems of ethnicity and ethnic conflict: usa melting pot, france and germany national homogenization. In france politics is based on the political understanding of the nation- state (all citizens are equal as long as they accept the norms of the majority) In germany cultural (ethnic) understanding of the nation-state: spain, belgium territorial decentralization, canada, australia multiculturalism, some european states are open to certain multicultural policies (great. Multiculturalism is a process in engaging diversity as different yet equal. Officially, it is a framework for the full and equal participation of minority groups and individuals through removal of discriminatory institutional, cultural and structural barriers.
