 Critics of multiculturalism argue that it entrenches identity politics while polyculturalism aims to forge a common new identity

Polyculturalism acknowledges that cultures are dynamic, interactive and impure while multiculturalism treats them as static, isolated and complete.The following table presents an overview of some ideologies.The different successive polities over the last two centuries in France has tried various policies in intercultural relations, creating much research material for Citizenship Studies.