Governing Diversity

Abstract

A mere sketch of the modes of governing diversity is provided here. One way to manage the subject is by level of analysis. The state-wide goals of governments provide a macro-perspective; how governments regulate associational life provides a meso-perspective; and how they manage individual citizens, metics, migrants and refugees provides a micro-perspective. Governing diversity may also be approached by focusing on the 'substance' of the relevant diversity. The governing of national, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity is briefly indicated in this chapter, and, for the sake of brevity, examples are mostly confined to Europe. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)