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@article{ O'Donnell2007, title = {ReviewDebate: We need human rights not nationalism 'lite'}, author = {O'Donnell, Mike}, journal = {Ethnicities}, number = {2}, pages = {248-269}, volume = {7}, year = {2007}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796807076849}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-230520}, abstract = {The article explores the relationship of multiculturalism to social solidarity. The multicultural nature of Britain is accepted as a welcome reality but certain problems in relation to the development of multiculturalism in Britain are acknowledged. Various approaches to buttress or replace multiculturalism are reviewed. These are: a strengthened and/or reconstituted nationalism (`Britishness'); human rights; and social equality. The issue of citizenship recurs throughout. It is argued that a combined emphasis on human rights and greater social equality offer a better basis than nationalism for strengthening solidarity in Britain, especially in the longer term. Sociological theory offers a fruitful if strangely neglected starting point for understanding social solidarity. I draw critically on Durkheim and Marx to obtain some objective perspective on this controversial matter.}, keywords = {integration; Integration}}