Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance

by Jef Verschueren and Jan Blommaert

Book Overview

Immigration, racism and nationalism have become hotly debated issues in the Western world. This highly original and controversial work focuses on the language used by the vast majority who regard themselves as being open to a multi-cultural society.
Using Belgium as a case study and drawing parallels with the UK, US, Europe and the former Yugoslavia, the authors analyse this language and reveal a remarkable consistency between these liberal voices,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415191378
• ISBN13: 9780415191371
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.6"