In less than three decades 'multiculturalism' has become a word immediately recognizable by policy 【M1】______ makers, social critics, academics and the general public in Western industrial countries. It emphasizes that acknowledging the existence of ethnic diversity and ensure the rights of individuals to retain their 【M2】______ culture should go hand in hand with enjoying full access to participate in constitutional principles and 【M3】______ commonly shared values prevailed in the society. By 【M4】______ acknowledging the rights of individuals and groups and ensuring their equitable access to society, advocates of multiculturalism also maintain that such a policy benefits both individuals and the large society 【M5】______ by reducing pressures for social conflict based on disadvantage and inequality. They also argue that multiculturalism is enrichment for the society as a whole. The adoption of multicultural policy models is 【M6】______ initially inspired by a desire to address the issue of how to integrate immigrant ethnic minority. The 【M7】______ experiences of those limited number of countries of Canada, Australia and Sweden which have explicitly espoused multiculturalism as a policy response to ethnic diversity have indicated that while the policy is certainly uncontested it has, nevertheless, shown 【M8】______ considerable durability. The application of any policy model will obviously be affected by the characteristics of the society which it operates. The attraction of 【M9】______ multiculturalism was its perceived ability to address policy issues associated with immigrant minority groups in a way that was consistent with special ideals 【M10】______ of a country. 【M1】