Title: Multiculturalism and Tolerance in the United Arab Emirates
Stream: Sociology
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Maxime Jaffré, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Elena Raevskikh, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Abstract:
The rapid social and economic change of Dubai and the UAE raised new concerns related to multiculturalism and tolerance. The government’s incentive towards modernization and globalization has attracted numerous foreigners and immigrants. The newly built major urban infrastructures enhance ethnical and cultural diversity, and create conditions for permanent inter-group contacts between the UAE national and non-national populations, as well as among different non-national communities.
This research project aims to respond to the following questions: (1) How do the diverse national and non-national populations of Dubai and the UAE perceive and express the value of tolerance? (2) How does the growth of the UAE cities impact multicultural coexistence, social cohesion and intercultural exchanges? (3) What is the role of public spaces and cultural amenities in promoting peace and mutual respect among the UAE populations? By delivering an empirically grounded and nuanced research methodology based on qualitative, quantitative and cartographic methods, the present research project aims to provide the UAE academic and political stakeholders with practical insights and newly collected data on the current state of multiculturalism and tolerance in Dubai and the UAE.
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