Nam-Kook Kim ed., Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and East Asia

(Palgrave, 2014, 301 Pages)

 This collection compares the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in twelve countries in Europe and East Asia, exploring different ways of achieving the shared values of democracy in a multicultural diversity. While East Asia has recently experienced sociocultural cleavages and their challenges to democracy, Europe has faced increasing discontent over multiculturalism and has tried to seek alternative routes of social integration to sustain democracy. This book ultimately clarifies the differences between Europe and East Asia in their approaches to universalizing locality and localizing global norms regarding human rights and democratic individuality in the context of multicultural challenges.