Multiculturalism | Edexcel A-Level Politics (9PL0)
Multiculturalism
- 81 questions
- 6 subtopics
- Component 2: one non-core ideology of five
- Component 2
Covers the ideology built on cultural difference: why recognition is held to matter to identity, the case for minority rights and the objections to it, the traditions from liberal to pluralist multiculturalism, and the thinkers who set out each position..
It covers key concepts and the politics of recognition, minority rights and their critics, diversity and its critics, different types of multiculturalism, berlin, Taylor and value pluralism and parekh, Modood and Kymlicka.
Sample questions from Multiculturalism
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Key concepts and the politics of recognition
How is tolerance understood within multiculturalism?
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Tolerance means accepting and permitting cultural practices and beliefs that differ from one's own, even if one does not personally approve of them. -
Key concepts and the politics of recognition
Why do multiculturalists treat culture as inseparable from what a person is?
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Because culture shapes how individuals understand themselves and their place in the world. -
Minority rights and their critics
Define minority rights.
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Minority rights are special rights granted by the state to particular cultural groups to address their specific needs that differ from those of the majority. -
Minority rights and their critics
How might minority rights undermine social unity?
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By treating citizens differently based on group membership, which critics argue fragments shared citizenship. -
Diversity and its critics
What is the liberal justification for diversity?
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Diversity expands individual choice and autonomy by exposing people to different ways of life. -
Diversity and its critics
What is meant by deep diversity?
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Recognition of fundamental differences in values, practices, and worldviews that may require different legal or political arrangements. -
Different types of multiculturalism
What position does pluralist multiculturalism take on the relative status of different cultures?
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All cultures are equal and none should be privileged over others. -
Different types of multiculturalism
What is the core conservative criticism of multiculturalism?
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That a society cannot be both genuinely diverse and genuinely united.
The 6 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Key concepts and the politics of recognition | Recall questions on culture, diversity and identity politics, the difference between tolerance and recognition, and why culture is held to be central to selfhood. | 13 |
| Minority rights and their critics | Recall questions on what minority rights are, why formal equality is said to be insufficient, and the objections about unity, integration and individual rights. | 9 |
| Diversity and its critics | Recall questions on shallow and deep diversity, the liberal, communitarian and economic justifications for it, and the arguments that it undermines cohesion. | 11 |
| Different types of multiculturalism | Recall questions on liberal, pluralist and cosmopolitan multiculturalism and what separates them, the conservative criticism that diversity and unity cannot coexist, and integration against segregation. | 17 |
| Berlin, Taylor and value pluralism | Recall questions on positive discrimination, group differentiated rights and universalism, Berlin’s value pluralism and why he held it needs a liberal society, and Taylor’s politics of recognition and difference. | 14 |
| Parekh, Modood and Kymlicka | Recall questions on Parekh's rejection of universalist liberalism, Modood's four views of integration, and Kymlicka's three kinds of group right. | 17 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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