Which is why I wrote the citizenship diary, to consolidate some thoughts around the reading I had done. Ad astra per aspera
Was that diary the one with quotes from your course book?
I already feel the materials are significantly out of date (2005), and I don't think the theory reflects how things actually are in practice eg it said about France that it is starting to introduce a recognition of diversity and acknowledging ethnicity and providing state funded services to support cultural groups - which I do not see reflected in Linca's comments re universalism and assimilation of immigrants. Ad astra per aspera
But it depends what "diversity" means. And "ethnicity". And "cultural groups".
I can hear you groan.
If diversity is talking about gender, sexual orientation, disablement, for example, then France doesn't ignore these and has laws (I'm not saying they work necessarily well... gender quotas in politics have been got around, for instance, but you know how that works...).
I'm called away and can't go on until later (anyway I'll only make it more complicated for you...) :-(
I have however, referenced de Gondi from the diary on the Italian students' protests against the education 'reform' package, as an example of post materialist engagement in contemporary politics! Ad astra per aspera
