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Multiculturalism is an issue of concern for political scientists, sociologists and philosophers. In recent years, it has also been at the forefront of political debates. Various types of multiculturalist policies have been defended and criticized. Should persons, cultural groups and peoples be recognized in their various cultural, religious and ethnic identities? Can we recognize groups and not only individuals? What groups should be recognized: feminists, homosexuals, ethnic minorities and religious groups? These questions have been hotly debated for some time, but we can now benefit from the experience of particular multiculturalist policies and of their confrontation with reality. This book offers critical reflections by established academics on the crisis of multiculturalism that occurred in Great Britain, the Netherlands and Canada. They provide an occasion to develop a sophisticated understanding of societies characterized by religious, ethnic and cultural diversity.

Are Nation-states obsolete? Are multination states viable? Can we really create powerful supranational institutions? These are the questions that celebrated authors and specialists attempt to answer in this important collection of articles.

Je propose dans ce texte une réflexion sur les communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire au Canada ainsi que sur le concept d'autodétermination. Dans la perspective qui est la mienne, l'autodétermination est au peuple ce que la liberté individuelle est à la personne. Pour qu'un peuple soit autonome, il faut qu'il puisse jouir d'une certaine forme d'autodétermination. La question qui se pose alors est de savoir comment la situation de peuples formant des groupes linguistiques minoritaires au Canada peut minimalement être prise en charge d'une façon qui permette l'exercice de leur droit à l'autodétermination. Je vais aussi en cours de route m'interroger sur la situation caractéristique des autres minorités linguistiques du Canada.