ISBN-13: 9780762310647 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 298 str.
Cultural pluralisation - reinforced by immigration - has had major consequences for the political agenda in recent years in liberal democratic states. New types of tension have arisen - new forms of social and cultural differentiation, and new patterns of inequality. The diversity also reshapes the frame of reference for traditional policy instruments employed by modern welfare states: new issues arise that are linked to rights, legitimacy and policy measures of a general and targeted nature. issues related to this new diversity. Common themes are multiculturalism, power and integration, and these themes are analysed through a comparative lens."