Abstract
The issues of national identity, citizenship and multiculturalism are definitely in the middle of nowadays debates. In his work, John Rex develops the approach that the development of multiculturalism policies might diminish tensions between dominant and minority groups within a contemporary society. Nevertheless, to which multiculturalist policies does he refer? Indeed, it appears that various ways to handle with a multicultural society exist. This study will stress the two big models benchmark in Europe: the British conception of integration and the French one. Focusing on these two models might be relevant given that the migration of millions of people, and notably from Muslim majority countries to Western Europe has raised crucial questions for public policies about how to integrate these people; in other words, about how to make them being utterly part of the reception society.
