TY - CHAP AB - In 1983, in typically Parisian manner, J. F. Lyotard claimed that redistributive conflict had gone out of fashion, with the focus of postmodern conflict revolving increasingly less around issues of resource allocation. Contemporary societies were having to deal with le différend, with horizontal conflicts rooted in heterogeneous languages, instances, and rules. The concern and claims of one group could not be understood within the languages of the other (Belohradski, 1990; Lyotard, 1983). VL - 22 SN - 978-0-76231-064-7, 978-1-84950-243-6/0195-6310 DO - 10.1016/S0195-6310(03)22010-X UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0195-6310(03)22010-X AU - Sciortino Giuseppe ED - Grete Brochmann PY - 2003 Y1 - 2003/01/01 TI - FROM HOMOGENEITY TO DIFFERENCE? COMPARING MULTICULTURALISM AS A DESCRIPTION AND A FIELD FOR CLAIM-MAKING T2 - Multicultural Challenge T3 - Comparative Social Research PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 263 EP - 285 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -