The multiculturalism recently attacked by David Cameron bears little in common with the integration policies pursued by previous British governments, writes Cécile Laborde. What it does resemble is a securitization approach that places citizens under suspicion on the basis of their religion.
Cécile Laborde
is Professor of Political Theory at UCL’s Department of Political Science; her last book is entitled Critical Republicanism. The Hijab Controversy and Political Philosophy.