1st Edition
Fighting Discrimination in a Hostile Political Environment The Case of “Colour-Blind” France
Introduction: Responses to ethno-racial discrimination in colour-blind France
Angéline Escafré-Dublet, Virginie Guiraudon and Julien Talpin
1. Polite responses to stigmatization: ethics of exemplarity among French Muslim elites
Margot Dazey
2. Counter-radicalization, Islam and Laïcité: policed multiculturalism in France’s Banlieues
Francesco Ragazzi
3. From victims to culprits? The reshaping of local antidiscrimination policy in France
Angéline Escafré-Dublet and Camille Hamidi
4. Why French racial minorities do not mobilize more often. Disempowerment, tactical repertoires and soft repression of antiracist movements
Julien Talpin
5. Anti-racist mobilization in France: between quiet activism and awareness raising
Hélène Balazard, Marion Carrel, Sümbül Kaya and Anaïk Purenne
6. National origin discrimination or racial discrimination? The mobilization of SNCF’s Moroccan railway workers
Vincent-Arnaud Chappe and Narguesse Keyhani
Biography
Angéline Escafré-Dublet is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Lyon 2 and the director of the Integer/discrimination department of the Institut Convergence Migration (ICM/CNRS). Her research pertains to immigration and how it relates to matters of culture and politics.
Virginie Guiraudon is CNRS Senior Researcher in Sciences Po Center for Comparative European studies (CEE). Her main interests lie in the comparative politics of immigration and citizenship and also include European integration, transnational mobilization, the Europeanization of borders and anti-discrimination policies.
Julien Talpin is CNRS Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Lille Center for Social and Political Administrative Studies and Research (CERAPS), and co-director of the scientific interest group “Democracy and Participation.” His research focuses on political engagement in working-class neighborhoods.
