IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO MULTICULTURALISM?
The present paper examines the multi-culturalism policy in the modern world. The article is based on special and general academic research in Russian and English, as well as on primary sources. The Russian and foreign scientists'' views on the multiculturalism policy were analyzed by the author. The paper brings it to notice that European governments are inconsistent with measures for cultural enrichment and saving cross cultural differences. Some consequences of the multiculturalism policy in Europe were characterized. It is necessary to unite approaches to the matter of multiculturalism, as well as to correlate the multiculturalism policy with the ethnocultural specifics of the modern countries. The research also contains some important information on the practical realization of the conception of international agreement and liquidation of inter-cultural contradictions.