Multicultural Policies and the State

Seeming, at first glance, very different, Belgium and Britain both contain "nations within nations", have learnt lessons from colonial adventures and have incorporated significant populations of migrants from outside Europe. This text compares multiculturalism in each of the two countries, exploring the situation at the end of the 20th century as Britain experiences a resurgence of regional (or national) pride and Belgium confronts the realities of offering citizenship to the descendants of recent migrants.