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Home > Resources > Ethics & International Affairs Journal > Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 20.3 (Fall 2006) > Special Section on Citizenship and Equality |
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Immigration, Multiculturalism, and the Welfare State [Abstract]
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September 22, 2006
Popular opposition to immigration is rooted in many factors. In this essay,
we focus on one specific issue that has become prominent in recent
debates—namely, the fear that the welfare state is being undermined by the
impact of increasing ethnic and racial diversity. There are actually two
concerns here: first, that ethnic and racial diversity as such makes it more
difficult to sustain redistributive social policies because it is difficult to
generate feelings of national solidarity and trust across ethnic and racial
lines, and second, that the “multiculturalism” policies adopted to recognize or
accommodate immigrant groups tend to further undermine national solidarity and
trust. If either of these hypotheses were true, the very idea of a
“multicultural welfare state,” a welfare state that respects and accommodates
diversity, would be almost a contradiction in terms. We review the existing
evidence and suggest that both hypotheses are overstated. The evidence to date
suggests that there is no inherent tendency for either immigrant ethnic
diversity or multiculturalism policies to erode the welfare state. We conclude
with some speculation about the implications of this evidence for debates about
the rights of noncitizens.
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