Old and new minorities

The studies presented in this work show, through a range of historical and social situations, how groups of people become labelled "minorities".
What eactly is meant by this term and what is the precise status of these populations?
In France and other industrialized countries, immigration is one of the most common ways of creating minorities, but the authors describe more complex situations in other countries, such as Israel or Northern Ireland..
The studies gathered in this book raise the crucial question of discrimination and prejudice and their effects on the chances of former mminorities and immigrants being integrated.
The book has chapters in both French and English