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Multicultural health care? Cultural accommodation in non‐devoted policy sectors
Author(s) -
Reeve Iain
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1754-7121
pISSN - 0008-4840
DOI - 10.1111/capa.12092
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , typology , diversity (politics) , immigration , accommodation , state (computer science) , political science , cultural diversity , space (punctuation) , sociology , public relations , public administration , psychology , law , algorithm , neuroscience , anthropology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy
As developed states have faced increasing ethnocultural diversity, debates have arisen over what tools the state has at its disposal to help create peaceful, tolerant, and cohesive diverse societies. This research note has two purposes. First, it builds on existing theoretical research on multicultural policies to propose a typology of multicultural policies from non‐devoted immigration or multicultural ministries. Second, it argues that there is space for policies aimed to accommodate and recognize immigrants and ethnocultural minorities in health care policy and – by extension – other policy areas. Such initiatives would both improve the quality of service for immigrants, ethnocultural minorities, and majority group C anadians and greatly enhance the likelihood of recognition and comprehensive integration of minorities.