1st Edition

Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship A European Approach

228 Pages
by Routledge

225 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... Read more

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).