The Social Construction of Diversity

Download or read book The Social Construction of Diversity written by Christiane Harzig and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the composition of the populace of industrial nations has changed dramatically since the 1950s, public discourse and scholarship, however, often remain welded to traditional concepts of national cultures, ignoring the multicultural realities of most of today's western societies. Through detailed studies, this volume shows how the diversity affects the personal lives of individuals, how it shapes and changes private, national and international relations and to what extent institutions and legal systems are confronted with changing demands from a more culturally diverse clientele. Far from being an external factor of society, this volume shows, diversity has become an integral part of people's lives, affecting their personal, institutional, and economic interaction.