The multicultural challenge [electronic resource] / edited by Grete Brochmann. Brochmann, Grete. Immigrants Cultural assimilation Europe Congresses. Immigrants Services for Europe Congresses. Immigrants Cultural assimilation Norway Congresses. Immigrants Services for Norway Congresses. Multiculturalism Europe Congresses. Multiculturalism Norway Congresses. JV7590 .M86 2003 305.9/0691 22 Includes bibliographical references. Description based on print version record. 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. This volume in the "Comparative Social Research" series addresses a number of issues related to this new diversity. Common themes are multiculturalism, power and integration, and these themes are analysed through a comparative lens. Amsterdam ; London : JAI, 2003. 2003. 2003 Text 1 online resource (ix, 285 p.) http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0195-6310/22 eng Comparative social research, 0195-6310 ; v. 22 Comparative social research ; v. 22. Multicultural challenge. Multicultural challenge. Europe Emigration and immigration Government policy Congresses. Norway Emigration and immigration Government policy Congresses. Europe Europe Norway Norway Europe Norway