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European and North American social scientists describe the current efforts to go beyond tacking on the stories of minorities to the Real History of a country, and change that history to incorporate everyone who took part and is taking part in it. They discuss diversity in everyday life, economic encounters, incorporating diversity in institutions and legal systems, and recasting the master narrative in society, most taking a particular country or group of countries as a case study. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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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.
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