Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration

<ul> <li> It goes beyond fashionable political trends of either celebrating ‘diversity’ or ‘integration’ by discussing the actual working of collective identification for larger societal complexes on the basis of empirical case histories.</li> <li> It deconstructs some of the powerful but wrong assumptions on ethnic and religious identity</li> <li> It has a strong focus on relations</li> <li> It has a strong worldwide comparative perspective</li></ul>