澳大利亚多元文化主义政策的形成

The Making of the Australian Multiculturalism Policy

多元文化主义政策是战后澳大利亚现代化发展的产物。社会的需要导致移民的涌入,进而引发澳大利亚社会出现以族群认同为基础的文化多元化发展趋势,推崇多元文化主义逐步成为社会共识。因此,在"白澳政策"被废止后,作为战后澳大利亚政府处理族群和文化多样性问题的基本国策,多元文化主义政策逐渐形成,并在实践中不断变化与完善。针对全社会,其主旨是将澳大利亚国家利益置于首位为前提,不分民族与文化背景,尊重全体澳大利亚公民的平等和自由等合法权利,维护社会公正与公平。

The Multiculturalism policy is the product of the modernization of the postwar Australia. The demand of society has given rise to the immigration influx, which further contributed to the emergence of multiculturalism based on ethnic identity and the consensus amongst society to promote multiculturalism. Therefore, after the abandonment of the ‘White Australian Policy', the multiculturalism policy has gradually developed as a basic state policy in terms of coping with ethnic and multicultural issues in the post-war Australia and been constantly refined in practice. The policy applies to the whole society, regardless of ethnic identities and cultural backgrounds, and aims to put the interests of Australia first, protect Australian citizens' legal rights such as equality and freedom and maintain justice and fairness in the society.