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Title The sustainability of cultural diversity : nations, cities and organizations / edited by Maddy Janssens, Myriam Bechtoldt, Arie de Ruijter, Dino Pinello, Giovanni Prarolo, and Vanja M.K. Stenius
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2010

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Description 1 online resource
Series Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment and sustainable development
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment and sustainable development.
Contents Introduction / Maddy Janssens, Dino Pinelli -- Part I: Conceptual introduction -- Sustainable diversity / Selma van Londen, Arie de Ruijter -- An historical perspective on sustainable diversity : market and nation as catalysts of diversity in Modern Europe (1800-1950) / Francesco Chiapparino, Roberto Giulianelli -- Part II: Sustainable diversity at the level of the nation -- Sustainable diversity and inequality : race in the USA and beyond / Phillip J. Bowman, John J. Betancur -- The Republic against Republicanism: the French debate on cultural diversity (1983-2005) / Olivier Rousseau, S. Romi Mukherjee -- Cultural diversity in Bolivia : from liberal interculturalism to indigenous modernity / J. Fernando Galindo -- Diversity in European regions : lessons from Germany / Elena Bellini, Iskra Christova-Balkanska, Tonia Damvakeraki. Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Edith Pichler, Dino Pinelli, Giovanni Prarolo, Max Steinhardt and Lena Tsipouri -- Diversity and tolerance : rhetoric versus reality / Yilmaz Esmer -- Part III: Sustainable diversity at the level of the city -- Material culture in the city : consumption, diversity and sustainability in city neighbourhoods / Susanne Kuchler, Rossella Lo Conte -- From uniformity to sustainable diversity : transformations of a post-socialist city / Alexandra Bitušiková, Daniel Luther -- Cultural diversity-based projects and their effects on sustainable development / Milena Dragićević Šesić, Ljiljana Simić , Jean Pierre Deru -- Cultural capital, local identities and ethnic diversity: a study of Amsterdam cultural tourism trends / Patrizia Riganti -- Migration in the Czech Republic : a source of social diversity and formation of new social networks in the urban environment / Zdenek Uherek -- Part IV: Sustainable diversity at the level of the organization -- Towards sustainable diversity in organizations : lessons from good diversity management practices / Patrizia Zanoni, Angela Nilsson, Maddy Janssens, Nils Wåhlin -- Managing diversity conceptually : shifting conceptualizations of diversity in the context of immigrant organizations in Sweden / Kiflemariam Hande, Nils Wahlin -- Ethnicity and sustainability in organizations : does organizational identification matter? / Hans Siebers, Anne-Marie Poels -- Migrant entrepreneurship in a diverse Europe : in search of sustainable development / Tüzin Baycan-Levent, Peter Nijkamp
Summary "This engaging book addresses the question of how diverse communities, whether in a nation, city or organization, can live together and prosper whilst retaining and enjoying their cultural differences. This is a particularly pertinent issue in the context of the modern world where mass migration and immigration are pervasive global phenomena."
Analysis Equity, diversity, inclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on June 3, 2022)
Subject Cultural pluralism.
Toleration.
Civil rights.
Sustainable development.
Cultural Diversity
sustainable development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Civil rights
Cultural pluralism
Sustainable development
Toleration
Form Electronic book
Author Janssens, Madeleine, 1959-
Bechtoldt, Myriam, editor
Ruijter, Arie de, editor.
Pinello, Dino, editor
Prarolo, Giovanni, editor.
Stenius, Vanja, editor.
ISBN 9780857937186
0857937189