Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction / Jaswina Elahi -- Part 1: Personal Sociology, Idealism, and Leadership -- 2 On Personal Sociology / Frank Bovenkerk -- 3 Placidity: The Real Spiritual Infrastructure for Leadership / Frits van Engeldorp Gastelaars -- 4 The Retreat of Idealism: Rethinking Engagement within Polarized Societies / Halleh Ghorashi -- 5 Oh My Dismal, Dismal, Science! / Peter A. G. van Bergeijk -- Part 2: Public Debate in Multicultural Society -- 6 The Promotiekamer: An Instrument in the Dutch Public Debate / Jaswina Elahi -- 7 Blood, Sweat, and Footnotes / Slawomir Magala -- 8 On the Use of Dutch "Slaaf" and "Totslaafgemaakte" / Michiel van Kempen -- Part 3: Migration, Integration, and Chances for Inclusive Policy -- 9 We Are Not That Different: A Closer Look at Migrant and Non-Migrant Cultural Attitudes in the Netherlands / Wilfred Uunk -- 10 "Integration While Preserving Your Own Culture and Identity"? Looking Back at the Framing of the Migrant's Culture and Identity in Integration Policies in the Netherlands Nineteenth-Century China / Rinus Penninx -- 11 Slow Change, No Catharsis / Sandra Trienekens -- 12 Conditions for Label Change in a Public Dialogue about Inclusive Public Service / Artie Ramsodit -- 13 Peacekeeping in Holland 2001-2010. The Organization of Dutch Policy in the Light of the Polarization around Muslims / Hans Crebas -- Part 4: The Multicultural Society in Suriname and in Caribbean SIDs -- 14 Modernity and the Middle Class in Late Colonial Paramaribo / Rosemarijn Hoefte -- 15 Creolization and Creole Hassle in Segmented Suriname / Hans Ramsoedh -- 16 UFOs over Suriname: The Reception of an American Mythology / Tanya Wijngaarde -- 17 The Promotiekamer Suriname-Nederland: Intellectual Capacity Building / Saira Jahangir-Abdoelrahman -- 18 Encouraging Brain Gain in the Caribbean SIDs / Miriëla G. L. Carolina -- Part 5: Diaspora Communities -- 19 The Turkish Diaspora in The Netherlands / Gürkan Çelik -- 20 Reflections on the Trials and Tribulations of the Indentured Diaspora / Brij Maharaj -- 21 East Indians and Political Exclusion: The Case of Fiji, Guyana, and Suriname / Chan E. S. Choenni -- Part 6: Homemaking -- 22 Homemaking of the Second Generation / Roshni Ganpat and Wiren Gowricharn -- Index.

A unique collection of essays with surprising twists on multiculturalism, social science, and scholarship covering different societies.

The topics addressed in this book varies from issues in multicultural society to scholarship. In fourteen short essays the authors discuss crucial topics, including (personal sociology, arts, policy making, creolisation, diaspora communities, minority empowerment, political exclusion, homemaking, practice of science). This liber amicorum offers a unique collection of essays that opens a fresh window for everybody interested in multicultural societies, history, arts and social science. The contributions to this book represents a fine scholarship dealing with contemporary issues in society and academia.