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In the space of 40 years, since the mid-1960s, one question which has come to the fore in many societies (and it is a genuinely ‘global’ question since it involves issues which are at once general, worldwide and local), is that of cultural differences, for example ethnic or religious differences. In some cases, as we see in particular with Islam, these are in a position to challenge world order, and the functioning of many countries, possibly even of many regional or local political systems.
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Wieviorka, M. (2007). The Construction of What?. In: Raymond, G.G., Modood, T. (eds) The Construction of Minority Identities in France and Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230590960_3
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