This book addresses the question of cultural pluralism and its implications for citizenship and
national identity in post-war Britain. The author examines the role of underlying public
philosophies reflected in laws policies and institutional arrangements. When a political
community faces challenges of diversity people explore new principles of social formation
that is what kind of society they desire based on which methods of maintaining peace and
cooperation. In other words citizens of a political community try to forge a new social
contract which is fair to social majorities as well as minorities. Such a contract includes
rights and obligations on three levels: the range of state intervention acceptable
responsibility of society and due liberty of the individual. This book explores Britain's
approach to responding to such challenges of diversity as devolution European integration and
multiculturalism have deepened. The author interprets Britain's principles under thename of
deliberative multiculturalism which consists of rational dialogue and mutual respect with
firmly guaranteed political rights.
