Managing Cultural Diversity in the Mediterranean Region

Product Description


This book highlights the various cultures and religions of Mediterranean countries, and discusses issues related to managing diversity and minority rights, and the role of intercultural and interreligious dialogue. It centers on the interconnectedness between culture, politics, religion, gender, race, migration, and language. To promote a fruitful exchange, the volume considers approaches that integrate social, economic, cultural, religious and political dimensions, and surveys the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of multiculturalism. The contributions gathered here also debate issues relating to history, modernity, cultural specificities of the region, and their role in the consolidation of peace, democracy, social justice, and development. The book uses an analytic framework coupled with a synthetic method, while providing a roadmap to achieve a better management of pluralism in the Mediterranean area, which will help different populations to live together in harmony and to continue their battle for broadmindedness, acceptance, and coexistence.


About the Author


Moha Ennaji is Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the International Institute for Languages and Cultures, Morocco. He is currently affiliated to Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fes, Morocco, and has published over 50 academic and newspaper articles. He is the author of the books Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe and Multiculturalism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco, and the co-editor of The Maghreb-Europe Paradigm, Minorities, Women, and the State in North Africa, and Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa. His main areas of research cover language, gender, migration, and ethnicity in North Africa.