Recognizing the complexity beyond traditional multiculturalism

Abstract

Migration and diversity divide Western European societies. Even in context of superdiversity, multiculturalism remains contested. This article analyses the critiques on multiculturalism and the rise of ‘new realism’ and explores ways to a ‘multiculturalism 2.0’. In contexts of increasing diversity and complexity, in which social workers increasingly operate, recognizing complexity is a necessary starting point for taking the debate on multiculturalism beyond the pro–contra polarization.