9. Contesting Multiculturalism: Federalism and Unitarism in Late Colonial Nigeria

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. What is Postwar Multiculturalism in Theory and Practice? 1
5. Part I. British Multiculturalism
6. 2. British Multiculturalism after Empire: Immigration, Nationality, and Citizenship 25
7. 3. Accentuating Multicultural Britishness: An Open or Closed Activity? 46
8. Part II. Multiculturalism in the “Old” Commonwealth
9. 4. Multiculturalism in a Context of Minority Nationalism and Indigenous Rights: The Canadian Case 67
10. 5. Australia’s “Liberal Nationalist” Multiculturalism 83
11. 6. Multiculturalism, Biculturalism, and National Identity in Aotearoa / New Zealand 104
12. Part III. Multiculturalism in the “New” Commonwealth
13. 7. Multiculturalism in India: An Exception? 127
14. 8. Secularism in India: A “Gandhian” Approach 150
15. 9. Contesting Multiculturalism: Federalism and Unitarism in Late Colonial Nigeria 167
16. 10. Arrested Multiculturalisms: Race, Capitalism, and State Formation in Malaysia and Singapore 191
17. 11. The Cunning of Multiculturalism: A Perspective from the Caribbean 212
18. 12. Comparative Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Multiculturalism: Lessons from the Commonwealth 229
19. Bibliography 253
20. List of Contributors 279
21. Index 283