1st Edition

Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship A European Approach

    228 Pages
    by Routledge

    225 Pages
    by Routledge

    This informative collection investigates the European dimension of multiculturalism and immigration. It argues that political theory discourse of multiculturalism and resulting EU policies assume an interpretation of liberalism developed chiefly from the American experience, and that this issue must be addressed as the European experience is entirely different (with the main influx being non-white, ethnic and religious groups challenging liberalism and existing notions of citizenship).

    Presenting a fresh and unique perspective of multiculturalism and citizenship in Western Europe today, this book offers a comparative series of national case studies by a diverse range of leading scholars that together provide a theoretical framework for the volume as a whole. The contributors investigate the extent to which we can talk about a common Europe-wide multiculturalism debate, or whether here too there is a Europe of two (or more) gears, in which some countries address multicultural claims swiftly whilst others lag behind, busy with more basic issues of immigrant acceptance and integration.

    Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, this text is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers and policy makers interested in immigration, multiculturalism, European integration, Islamic studies and ethnicities.

    1. European Challenges to Multicultural Citizenship: Muslims, Secularism and Beyond Anna Triandafyllidou, Tariq Modood, Ricard Zapata-Barrero  2. Multiculturalism, citizenship and Islam in problematic encounters in Belgium Hassan Bousetta and Dirk Jacobs  3. British Muslims and the Politics of Multiculturalism Tariq Modood  4. French Secularism and Islam France’s Headscarf Affair Riva Kastoryano  5. The Particular Universalism of a Nordic Civic Nation: Common Values, State Religion, and Islam in Danish Political Culture Per Mouritsen  6. Enemies Within the Gates – The Debate about the Citizenship of Muslims in Germany Werner Schiffauer  7. Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism in Southern Europe: The Italian Mosque Debate Anna Triandafyllidou  8. The Muslim Community and Spanish Tradition: Maurophobia as a Fact, and Impartiality as a Desideratum Ricard Zapata-Barrero  9. Secularism and the Accommodation of Muslims in Europe Tariq Modood and Riva Kastoryano  10. Europe, Liberalism and the ‘Muslim Question’ Bhikhu Parekh

    Biography

    Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, UK. His latest publications include Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain (Minnesota and Edinburgh University Presses, 2005). Anna Triandafyllidou is Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP and Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. She is the co-editor of Europeanisation, National Identities and Migration (Routledge, 2003). Ricard Zapata-Barrero is Professor of Political Theory at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain). His most recent publications include: Multiculturalidad e inmigración (Madrid: ed. Síntesi, 2004).