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Towards a Comparative Analysis of Intercultural Cities

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Intercultural Cities

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Abstract

This chapter explores the political strategies that are mobilized in the name of “intercultural cities”. While there are significant common threads between cities, the author highlights the plurality of intercultural strategies in order to take account of historical, institutional and organizational specificities. This chapter proposes a new model of comparison that makes it possible to carry out both synchronic and diachronic analysis. Preliminary analyses make it possible to observe the presence of four components common to many intercultural strategies: the recognition of diversity, the fight against discrimination, the importance of rapprochement between communities and the promotion of a civic sense of belonging.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Unless otherwise noted, translations from the original text are those of the author.

  2. 2.

    The cities included in this analysis were Botkyrka (Sweden), Oslo (Norway), Barcelona (Spain), Reggio Emilia (Italy), London Borough of Lewisham (United Kingdom) and the Canton of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Montreal is included in this volume but was not included in the analysis for this text.

  3. 3.

    For a discussion of how the data from different cities was collected and organized during the forum, see White “The Future of Intercultural Cities” (this volume).

  4. 4.

    There are important exceptions to this observation. See, for example, Wood and Landry (2008) and Cantle (2012).

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  1. Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    Marta Massana

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  1. Anthropology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Bob W. White

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Massana, M. (2018). Towards a Comparative Analysis of Intercultural Cities. In: White, B. (eds) Intercultural Cities. Global Diversities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62603-1_14

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