France for the (Naturalized) French? Multiculturalism and French National Identity
(2008)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Following the inauguration of the ministry for Immigration, Integration, Co-development and National identity (MIICNI) in May 2007, French national identity has been the focus of close scrutiny. In a pioneering governmental project France is seeking to promote national identity, but is the promotion of national identity compatible with multicultural diversity? The paper is a discussion of the governmental discourse of French national identity analysed using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It seeks to bring to the fore a critical account of the newly rising discourse on French national identity. A national identity discourse is not totally at odds with multicultural society, but the exclusion of foreign cultures in the paradigm is to a... (More)
- Following the inauguration of the ministry for Immigration, Integration, Co-development and National identity (MIICNI) in May 2007, French national identity has been the focus of close scrutiny. In a pioneering governmental project France is seeking to promote national identity, but is the promotion of national identity compatible with multicultural diversity? The paper is a discussion of the governmental discourse of French national identity analysed using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It seeks to bring to the fore a critical account of the newly rising discourse on French national identity. A national identity discourse is not totally at odds with multicultural society, but the exclusion of foreign cultures in the paradigm is to a certain extent detrimental in a multicultural society. This paper discusses multiculturalism on a local, national and global level and seeks to critically analyse the applicability of cultural racism theory in the case of French national identity. (Less)
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- author
- Reed, Jessica
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- national identity, CDA, cultural racism, multiculturalism, France, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1320321
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- 2008-04-22 00:00:00
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- 2008-04-22 00:00:00
@misc{1320321,
abstract = {{Following the inauguration of the ministry for Immigration, Integration, Co-development and National identity (MIICNI) in May 2007, French national identity has been the focus of close scrutiny. In a pioneering governmental project France is seeking to promote national identity, but is the promotion of national identity compatible with multicultural diversity? The paper is a discussion of the governmental discourse of French national identity analysed using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It seeks to bring to the fore a critical account of the newly rising discourse on French national identity. A national identity discourse is not totally at odds with multicultural society, but the exclusion of foreign cultures in the paradigm is to a certain extent detrimental in a multicultural society. This paper discusses multiculturalism on a local, national and global level and seeks to critically analyse the applicability of cultural racism theory in the case of French national identity.}},
author = {{Reed, Jessica}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{France for the (Naturalized) French? Multiculturalism and French National Identity}},
year = {{2008}},
}