TY - BOOK AU - Oommen, T.K. TI - Pluralism, equality and identity: comparative studies SN - 0195657764 U1 - 305.5 PY - 2002/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - National characteristics KW - Comparative government KW - Equality KW - Cultural pluralism N1 - Introduction : the conceptual tools -- Contested boundaries and emerging pluralism : the new social order -- Reconciling pluralism and equality : the dilemma of 'advanced' societies -- Inter-cultural communication in multinational settings : for linguistic pluralism in the European Union -- Combating new racism in West Europe : from equality to solidarity -- From plural society to pluralism : the cruciality of religion in South Asia -- The changing trajectory of constructing the other : West Europe and South Asia -- Ethnicity, immigration, and cultural pluralism : India and the United States of America -- Citizenship and nationality in India and Italy : fission versus fusion -- Some concluding remarks ER -