This book is concerned with the diversity debate in the context of Europe./nIt is about diversity both as a concept and as a policy. Indeed, the epicentre/nof the analysis is the link between the spheres of diversity-concepts and/ndiversity-policies. The book explores how the concept of diversity orientates/npolicies and management, and also how public/private management/nfacilitates new policy orientations. As such, the book enhances conceptual/nthinking on diversity, but also facilitates policy thinking on the concept/ninvolved in novel policy orientations towards diversity.

This volume is an activity of the Spanish partner of Accept Pluralism : Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion: Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century in Europe , a research project funded by the European Commission (7th Framework Programme), ) and coordinated by Anna Triandafyllidou (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy). For more information: http://accept.eui.eu