Abstract: The acceptance and accommodation of multiculturalism is now widely practised in liberal democratic states. That a legitimate liberal state must now adopt policies intended to integrate and respect its minorities is no longer a controversial claim. But, according to the editors of Multicultural Questions, it is now important to question some of the main tenets of multicultural theory and practice; this questioning is the objective of the contributors to this volume. The volume is structured around four ‘multicultural questions’, about which there is substantial debate, even given the authors’ general acceptance of the legitimacy of (certain) minority rights claims. These questions are (1) is universalism ethnocentric? (2) does multiculturalism threaten citizenship? (3) Do minorities require group rights? and (4) What can Europe learn from North America?

Keywords: citizenship, culture, Ethnicity, Ethnocentrism, Group rights, Immigrants/immigration, multiculturalism, Universalism