Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Europe
Moving Beyond the Crisis
Robin Wilson
‘active bilingualism’ 140–41
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 64
Adorno, Theodor 78
Afghan refugees 1
Agier, Michel 55
Ai Weiwei 153
Al Jazeera 66
Allen, Kate 90
al-Qaeda 54, 92 see also bin Laden, Osama
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) 77, 82
Althusser, Louis 76
American Century, The 155
Amin, Ash 130, 133, 135, 153, 156, 172
Amnesty International 14, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 90
Andersson, Jenny 181
Andrevski, Goce 164
Annan, Kofi 92
‘anti-rumour agents’ 139
Apartment, The (Wilder) 163
Arab Jazz (Miské) 148
Arcarazo, Diego A. 177
Arendt, Hannah 105
Aristotle, individual and civic life 132
Armingeon, Klaus 93
assimilationism 95
conservative version of 42
irremediable difficulties 56
and Leitkultur 37
Le Pen’s argument 42–3
multiculturalism versus 39, 43, 45, 62, 66, 102, 103
nation-state paradigm 38
reactionary representations of 37, 40
research and survey 39–40
retreat into 113–14
revolutionary 39
self and other 37
asylum policies, harmonization of 19
protection of rights 19
‘asymmetric shocks’ 68
Atocha station bombings 92
Aus Nachbarn Wurden Juden (Rosenstrauch) 50
austerity 72, 74, 93, 170, 172–3
Australia, multiculturalism in 115
Austro-Marxism 80
Azeglio, Massimo 179
Bader, Veit 179
Bagwell, Sue 136
Barcelona
anti-rumour strategies 139
intercultural plan 146
refugees 154
‘Barcelona Declaration’ 24
Barroso, José Manuel 57
Barry, Brian 61
Batayneh, Jude 111
Battle of Kosovo Plain/Polje 54, 110
Bauman, Zygmunt 5, 9, 16, 55, 61, 62, 133, 136, 156, 179
cultural diversity 64
Beck, Ulrich 49, 50, 53, 58–60, 123, 125, 127, 163, 170, 178
hospitality 154–5
see also cosmopolitanism
Belfast Friendship Club 138
Bellanova, Rocco 26
Berlusconi, Silvio 57
Bešlagić, Selim 51
Bianchini, Franco 132
‘bicycling reaction’ 74–5
Big Brother surveillance state 25
Bismarck, Otto von 39
Blair, Tony 174
Bloody Sunday 24
liberty-authoritarianism axis 81, 84, 98
Bonnici, Owen 23
Botkyrka 145
Breivik, Anders 4, 24, 47, 103
‘Brexit’ referendum 83, 92, 170
Brighouse, Harry 121
Brin, Sergey 161
‘British values’, definition of 37–8
Brock, Gillian 121
‘brotherhood and unity’ 11, 47, 51
Brubaker, Rogers 64
Bulley, Dan 154–5
Burgess, J. Peter 26
burqa, banning of 113
Buttiglione, Rocco 57
Cabrita, Eduardo 150
Calhoun, Craig 124
Callamard, Agnes 18
CALM (Comme à la maison) 137
Cameron, David 113
Canadian multiculturalism 114–15
Cannataci, Joseph 25
capitalism 28, 38, 49, 61, 147, 163, 178
Čas, Johann 26
Castellanos, Kevin 111
Catholicism 112
CEAS see Common European Asylum System (CEAS)
Center for Integrative Mediation (CSSP) 139
Center for Research on Prejudice in Warsaw 110
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 92
Centre of Language and Literacy 140
Cesari, Jocelyne 112
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group 136
Charlie Hebdo attack 5, 26, 47
Christensen, Cato 141–2
CIA see Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Cichocka, Aleksandra 111
cities
challenges 132
cultural distinctiveness 132
diversity and openness 135
ethnic diversity 133
Cities for Local Integration Policy (CLIP) 117–18
citizenship
dual 126
intercultural 115
values of 181
civil society
role for 101
in Russia 101
‘clash of civilizations’ 91
CLIP see Cities for Local Integration Policy (CLIP)
Cohen, Robin 124
Cohen, Stanley 104–5
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel 158
Cole, Simon 27
‘collective narcissism’ 110, 111
‘combating terrorism’ 23
Common Basic Principles on Immigrant Integration Policy 87
Common European Asylum System (CEAS) 9, 16, 19
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (2001) 102
compassion 8–9, 18, 96, 104–5, 129, 138
‘constitutional patriotism’ 57, 111, 116
‘constructed certitude’ 49
Convention on the Future of Europe 176
Copenhagen, diversity charter 147–8
COP21 summit 172
cosmopolitan competence 123
characteristic of 125
‘common sense’ notion of 124
concept of 29
conditions of existence 126
‘constitutional tolerance’ 126
diverse cultural sources and 121
enlightenment 123
intellectual revival of 123
Kant, Immanuel and 121–5
key quality of 123
as positive and inclusive narrative 128
studies 120
in western Europe 42
cosmopolitan law 122
‘cosmopolitan moment’ 123
Costa, António 173
Council of Europe 36, 117, 123, 131, 150, 176, 180
Committee of Ministers’ recommendation (2015) 149
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities 117
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 80, 96
ICCs programme 29, 88, 144, 149–50
intercultural dialogue 89, 97–100, 106, 117–18, 129, 142, 149–50
intercultural forum 51, 57, 142
management of cultural diversity 87
1990s minority-rights conventions 97–8
in post-war period 85
under pressure 93
significance of 116
White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue 88, 89, 95
see also white paper (process)
‘counter-modernity’ 49
Course, Daniel D. 110
creative city 132
‘creative cognition’ 164
Crépeau, François 20
cultural creativity 132–3
cultural rights 60
cultural variety 62
Danish Refugee Council 138
Decety, Jean 104
Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict Prevention (2003) 97
deindividualization 50
Delanty, Gerard 38, 40, 48, 125, 156
deliberative democracy 128–30
Delors, Jacques 88
democratic citizenship 100, 175
den Heijer, Marten 11
Der Tagesspiegel 153
DiEM25 project 175
difference versus diversity 62–5
disorganized capitalism 61
‘diversity advantage’ 131, 135, 148–9, 155
‘diversity connectors’ 137
Dolezal, Martin 79
Dreyfus, Alfred 37
dual citizenship 126
Duterte, Rodrigo 90
Empathy
cosmopolitanism and 130
defined 179
education and 90
European countries 8
mutual, lacking 58
see also compassion
enemy stereotypes 53
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip 42
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland 64
essentialism 62–3
ethnic diversity, cities 133
and language 40
and religion 49
‘ethnic’ nationalism 40
ethnopolitical entrepreneurs 64
Eurobarometer survey 93, 124, 143, 170, 174, 176, 179
Europe see Council of Europe; European Union (EU)
European banking system 68
European budget 173
European Central Bank (ECB) 70, 73
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992) 80–81
European citizenship 175, 180–81
cosmopolitan 134
dual 126
intercultural 115
European Commission 71, 86, 124, 166
Delors, Jacques 88
European Agenda for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals 87
‘European pillar of social rights’ 174
ICCs programme 87
on refugee relocations 2
refugees and security 7
White Paper on Sport (2007) 106
European Convention on Human Rights 26, 123, 181
European Court of Human Rights 10, 60, 101, 117
European Democracy Lab 180
European Economic Community 88
European integration 170, 176, 180
European Investment Bank 71
‘Europeanism’ 156
European Monetary Fund, idea of 71, 173
European Muslims 112
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) 112
civil liberties committee 57
resolution on integration of migrants 134, 159
‘European pillar of social rights’ 174
European Quality of Life Survey (2016) 78
‘European republic’ 180
European Social Charter of the Council of Europe 174
European Social Survey 77, 78, 126–7
on trust 126–7
European Trade Union Congress 173
European Union (EU)
citizenship 180
constitution for 175
crisis 68
debtors-creditors issues 73
Europe 2020 strategy 71
flawed structures 69–71
legitimacy 88
pre-Keynesian devices 71
refugee influx 72–3
economic governance of 172
Fundamental Rights Agency 39
Lisbon Strategy 160
neighbourhood policy 157
refugee policy 13
relocation of refugees 2
summit 174
‘The Europe we want’ 177
‘Europe without borders’ 11
Europhilia 171
eurozone crisis 69–72
Evans, Graeme 136
far-right parties 81–3
in Europe 76–7
growth of 81
Fear of Barbarians, The (Todorov) 95
Ferrier, Walter J. 164
Fillon, Francois 43
Finland, immigration in 129
Fischer, Joschka 9
Flaubert, Gustave 125
Florida, Richard 147
Fortuyn, Pim 58
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 80, 96, 114
France
assimilation in 37
survey in 39–40
voting rights in 134
Fraser, Nancy 60
freedom of expression 101
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 82
Frelick, Bill 13
French Muslims 39–40
Friedewald, Michael 26
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 74, 171
Friedrich, Hans-Peter 113
Gastarbeiter, Turkish migrants as 36
Geithner, Timothy 68
General Theory (Keynes) 69
Georgiou, Myria 8
Germany
Alternative für Deutschland in 77, 82
Basic Law 89
Jewish population 50
Prussia-dominated 40
Willkommenskultur 103
Give Something Back to Berlin (GSBTB) foundation 138
Glass Room, The (Mawer) 53–4
globalization
critique of 79
and individualization 102, 123
and influence of the Third Way 174
and mass migration 102
new migrations of 66
Glynn, Irial 3
Goldblatt, David 124
‘good city’ 135
Goodman, Simon 8
Greece, unemployment rate in 71
Group of Eminent Persons 9
Grove, Andy 161
Guibernau, Montserrat 88
Guidikova, Irena 135, 142–3, 149, 181
Guthmann, Kai 93
Habermas, Jürgen 62, 89, 103, 108, 129, 171, 175, 176
Hagendoorn, Louk 13
Haider, Jörg 76
Hainmueller, Jens 108
Halikiopoulou, Daphne 76
Hall, Peter 132
Hamamatsu 162
Hannerz, Ulf 65
Hansen, Peo 9
Hariri, Saad al- 2
Hartmann, Erich 105
Hassan, Tirana 90
Hay, Colin 127
Hedström, Peter 77
Heibling, Marc 79
Henjesand, Inge Jan 147
Hirst, Paul 79
Hitler, Jews, description of 83
Hofer, Thomas 82
Hoffman, Reiner 174
Höglinger, Dominic 79
Hollinger, David 124
Holton, Robert J. 120
Honohan, Iseult 129
Hooghe, Liesbet 90
Hopkins, Daniel J. 108
Horthy, Miklós 90
hospitality 154–5
ethos of
‘diversity dividend’ 162–4
integration as investment 165–7
openness 155–9
rehumanizing the refugee 153–5
Host Programme of Copenhagen 138
Hövermann, Andreas 52, 74, 109
Huddleston, Thomas 114, 135, 149
Hufton, Sam 175
Human Flow (documentary) 153
human rights 57, 58, 61, 65, 90–91, 96
and migrant integration 19
of migrants 157
policing and 92
solidarity 139
universal norms 98
see also European Court of Human Rights
Huntingdon, Samuel 91
Hutter, Swen 79
identity politics 50, 60, 64, 96
Ignatieff, Michael 50, 80, 109
‘illiberal democracy’ 81
‘imagined community’ 37
attitudes to 77
economic and social impacts 77
in Finland 129
Indian Workers’ Association 44
‘individualistic concept of society’ 65
individualization 65
inequality
social Europe 174–5
in United States 75
Ingram, James 130
‘INNOGROWTH via diversity’ project 147–8
insecurity 9, 27, 68, 73, 75–6, 84, 88, 111
in labour market 79
integral nationalism 40, 43, 48
intercultural see intercultural integration
as investment 165–7
vis-à-vis migrants 159
white paper 99
Intercultural Cities (ICCs) 134–6, 141, 148, 157
programme 101, 106, 117, 130, 131, 139
intercultural strategies 144–5
local authorities in 131
migrant councils 146–7
on multilingualism 102
network members 150
qualitative evaluation of 144
research report 136
intercultural competence
courses 141
development of 107
intercultural dialogue 89, 97–100, 106, 117–18, 129, 142, 149–50
intercultural integration 95, 120, 138–9, 142
feature of 105
implications 100–102
inclusion of other within self 103–7
multiculturalists’ rearguard action 114–17
retreat into assimilationism 113–14
role for civil society 101
white paper 98–100
interculturalist paradigm 140
intercultural literacy 107
intercultural policies 166–7
international law 122
complexity of 78
insecurity and 84
‘intolerant personality disorder’ 111
Ireland, Polish migration to 66
Islam 112–13
and Nazism 83
as ‘religion of intolerance’ 74
Wilders’ notion of 83
Islamism 54
Islamist bombings, in Spain and London 47
Jagland, Thorbjørn 73
Japan, closure to refugees 161–2
Jewish ‘conspiracy’ 110
jihadist attacks 7–8
Jobs, Steve 161
Joppke, Christian 63
Juncker, Jean-Claude 7
Juppé, Alan 158
Kajiwara, Kageaki 85
Kant, Immanuel 121
and ‘cosmopolitan right’ 121–5
on international and cosmopolitan law 122
‘pacific federation’ 122
‘perpetual peace’ 122
state of Recht 121
Kelkal, Khaled 54
Keynes, John Maynard 44, 69, 76, 101, 158, 173, 174
‘paradox of thrift’ 72
Keysel, Ian M. 13
Khan, Fazlur Rahman 160
Khan, Yasmin 43
Kohlrausch, Bettina 76–7
Kolluoğlu, Biray 41
Konidari, Eleni 42
Koran 83
Kriesi, Hanspeter 79
Kronawetter, Ferdinand 79
Kuyper, Abraham 44
Kwok-Bun, Chan 124
Lakoff, George 178–9
Lausanne agreement (1923) 41
Legrain, Philippe 158, 162, 166
Leitkultur 37
Le Monde 153–4
Le Pen, Jean-Marie 82
Leridon, Michele 153
Lešić, Zdenko 51
liberty-authoritarianism axis 81, 84, 98
liberal nationalism 40
Libya, refugees and 14–15
Lisbon
‘community policing’ approach 140
Todos festival in 144
Local Development Agency, Subotica 141
‘losers of globalization’ 76, 79
Lowe, Keith 42
Luciani, Claudia 150
Lukes, Steven 63
Lumpenproletariat 77
Maalouf, Amin 51
Maastricht criteria 72
Maastricht treaty (1992) 69, 123, 175, 177
‘Madrid Agenda’ 92
Mahli, Amrita 115
‘majority/minority’ dichotomy 97
Mandela, Nelson 106
Marchlewska, Marta 111
market liberalization 88
Marks, Gary 90
Martinez, Xavier 103
Martire, Jacopo 177
Marzano, Stefan 163–4
mass migration, globalization and 102
mass surveillance 26–7
Mazower, Mark 41
McGrew, Anthony 124
Médecins sans frontières (MSF) 14, 17–18
Mein Kampf 83
‘metacognition’ 125
Meyer, Henning 174
migrant councils 146–7
Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) 142
migration
in nineteenth century 79
public anxieties over 74
and refugee ‘crisis’ 7
as opportunity 159
Migration Policy Group 143
Milošević, Slobodan 54
Minko, Sergiy 145
Miské, Karim 148
Missing Migrants project (IOM) 17
Mitterrand, François 134
‘Monnet method’ 88
‘morbid symptoms’ 47, 57, 95, 97
Moreno-Lax, Violeta 6
Mortimer, Edward 48
Moscovici, Pierre 82
Mostov, Julie 59
MSF see Médecins sans frontières (MSF)
Müller, Jan Werner 83
Müller, Tim S. 77
versus assimilationism 39, 43, 45, 62, 66, 102, 103
in Australia 115
backlash against 114
Beck on 58–9
as British/Dutch model 43–4
in Canada 114–15
‘community’, notion of 59
cultural pluralism 45
dilemma 61
emergence of 44
era of super-diversity 102
moral relativism of 101
multiculturalists’ rearguard action 114–17
in Netherlands 44
notion of 66
strategy of 58
Sweden 65
multilingualism 102
Muslims
European 112
girls and women
banning of burqa 113
issue of veil in France 56
as ‘suspect’ group 26
narcissism 75
of minor differences 108
national identity, and assimilationism 37–8
‘national paradigm’ 38
‘national self-determination’ 62
National Socialist German Workers’ Party 41
‘nativism’ 42
neoliberalism 84
Netherlands 58
multiculturalism in 44
voting rights 134
Neuchâtel 148
‘community policing’ approach 140
ICCs network seminar (2015) 162
Neukölln
intercultural strategy 146
refugee integration 165
Neuner, Gerhard 103
New American Economy 160
New Dane association 148
New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants 20–21
‘9/11’ attacks 89, 92, 108, 131
Noël, Alain 79
non-refoulement principle 10, 11, 19, 21
Nordic universal welfare states 127
Nougayrède, Natalie 90
Offe, Claus 177
official nationalism 38
Omtzigt, Pieter 26
‘ethnic homogeneity’ 157
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 157, 166
Ortoli, François-Xavier 172
Oslo 140
intercultural competence 147
intercultural integration 147
‘Oslo Extra-Large’ (OXLO) campaign 147
Palais de l’Europe 112
Pamuk, Orhan 105
Panayiotou, Orestis 111
Parkin, Gemma 11
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) 93, 158–9
Pattakos, Michalis 156
Peissl, Walter 26
Pericles, and democracy 155–6
‘perpetual peace’ 122
Perraton, Jonathan 124
‘personality principle’ 80
Podkul, Jennifer 13
Polanyi, Karl 79
Polish migration, to Ireland 66
Polish Prejudice Survey (2009 & 2013) 110
politics of recognition 45, 61
Taylor’s advocacy of 65
Ponthieu, Aurelie 18
definition of 83
right-wing 79
post-Fordism 61
post-Soviet Russian nationalism 110
pre-enlightenment Europe 112
‘Prevent’ strategy in UK 37
print capitalism 38
‘prison fallacy of history’ 60
Protestantism 112
push versus pull factors in refugee movement 15–21
‘really existing cosmopolitanization’ 125–6
reciprocal 99
see also politics of recognition
Reding, Viviane 113
ReDi School of Digital Integration 137
‘reflexive modernization’ 49, 65
refoundation of Europe 175–8
Afghan 1
attitudes towards 12
(mis-)categorization of 52
media role in 8
Early Intervention programme in Germany 165
EU policy on 13
as ‘human waste’ 55
Japan 161–2
Jewish 161
labour market 166
Libya and 14–15
negative perceptions of 6
1951 convention 1
rehumanizing 153–5
rights abuses 15
Rohingya 2
Somali 106
sympathy for 8
Syrian 13–14
United States 160–61
walls
Hungary 10
Serbia 10–11
Willkommenskultur 12
Refugee Talent Hub 137
Reggio-Emilia 157
Renner, Karl 80
Richard, Orlando C. 164
rights abuses 15
rights, human see human rights
‘right-wing authoritarianism’ 76
right-wing populist parties 84
Rijpma, Jorrit 11
Rio, Ricardo 145
Risse, Thomas 42
Robins, Kevin 38, 45, 64, 66, 95, 96, 135–6, 156
Rogers, Richard 133
Rohingya refugees 2
Rosenstrauch, Hazel 50
Roubini, Nouriel 126
Rubio, Diego 90
rule of law 89–91
non-state violence 92
Russia
civil society in 101
‘social trap’ of mistrust in 127
Rutherford, Jonathan 174
Salmela, Mikko 84
Sarkozy, Nicolas 37
Schellinger, Alexander 171
Schierup, Carl-Ulrik 9
Schiller, Christof 159
Schmitt, Carl 50
Schneider, Bernhard 178
Schraad-Tischler, Daniel 159
Schweiger, Christian 71
Sen, Amartya 59
Shafak, Elif 64
Shaw, Jason D. 164
Silke, Andrew 24
SINGA organization 137
Sirriyeh, Ala 8
Sniderman, Paul M. 13
Snowden, Edward 25
‘social-democratic cosmopolitanism’ 130
social Europe 172–5
‘social facts’ 62
Somali refugees 106
Sondhi, Ranjit 61
Soros, George 81
Spain, unemployment rate in 71
Sparta 155–6
Spijkerboer, Thomas 11
Spinner-Halev, Jeff 115
Stability and Growth Pact (1997) 69, 73
‘Start with a Friend’ 138
state of emergency 22–3
stereotypes 50–54
definition of 51
derogatory 52
enemy 53
Stoics 121
Stoltenberg, Jens 4
Subotica 59
‘super-diversity’ 116
surveillance
laws 25
mass 26–7
Sweden
Islamophobic attitudes in 77
multiculturalism 65
Swedish social democracy 65
Swiss People’s Party 148
sympathy
Kurdi, Alan 104
see also empathy, compassion
Syrian refugees 13–14
Szydło, Beata 6
Talani, Leila 72
Taylor, Charles 65
Teper, Yuri 110
Terrorism Situation and Trend Reports (TE-SAT) 4
Tett, Gillian 125
theory of cosmopolitanism 120
Thérien, Jean-Philippe 79
Thrift, Nigel 133
Titscher, Antonia 105
Todorov, Tzvetan 24, 64, 91, 95
tolerance 96, 101 see also intolerance
Treaty of Rome 177
Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance (2012) 70
trusting Nordics 126–8
Turkey
and Council of Europe 93
2001 riots, in northern England 58
UN Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 6, 20
Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity 131
UN Global Compact on Migration 161
UNHCR see United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR)
UNICEF 18
UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 10
Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP) 113
United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) 1, 14, 18, 162
data on refugee arrivals 16–17
revitalized asylum system 21
United States (US)
al-Qaeda threats 92
inequality in 75
jihadist attacks 7–8
refugees 160–61
warning from 91–3
universal norms 95
abrogation of 92
adherence to 93
commitment to 90
weakening of 91
urban milieu 132–6
US Federal Reserve 70
utopia 178–82
Valdez, Sarah 77
Valletta 144
Valls, Manuel 134
Varoufakis, Yanis 175
Varshney, Ashutosh 59
Vertovec, Steven 124
violence 49
in Europe 3–5
Islamist 111
Vlandas, Tim 76
Volkan, Vamik 109
von Scheve, Christian 84
voting rights for migrants 134
Vu|$$|Ahci|$$|Aac, Aleksandar 11
‘war on terror’ 92
Wauquiez, Laurent 37
Wehling, Elisabeth 178–9
Wennberg, Karl 77
white-nationalist violence 111
White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue 29, 88, 98–100, 150
coherent policy framework 99
initial drafting of 98
interculturalism 100
management of cultural diversity 98
multilingual education 102
task of integration 99
themes of 100
translation of 100
white paper process 88, 89, 92, 97
White Right: Meeting the Enemy 111
Wilde, Oscar 178
Wilder, Billy 163
Williams, Raymond 136
Wilson, Woodrow 41
Wincott, Daniel 127
Witting, Antje 136
Wodak, Ruth 83
Wolffhardt, Alexander 114, 135, 149
working-class men, study of 61
World Values Survey data 66, 91
Worpole, Ken 136
Wüest, Bruno 79
xenophobia 13, 29, 48, 153, 177
Yarrow, David 79
Yoder, Keith J. 104
Zaborowski, Rafal 8
Zapata-Barrero, Ricard 28, 102, 116, 120, 142, 166
Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez 92
Zimmermann, Klaus 171