1st Edition

Muslims and the State in the Post-9/11 West

Edited By Erik Bleich Copyright 2010
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

From the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to the assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh to the London transportation bombings, dramatic events of recent years have generated security concerns about Muslim communities in the West. These have added an additional layer to the tensions surrounding Muslim immigrant integration and have generated heated discussions about how governments should address... Read more

1. Introduction: Muslims and the State in the Post-9/11 West Erik Bleich  2. State Responses to ‘Muslim’ Violence: A Comparison of Six West European Countries Erik Bleich  3. Boomerangs and Slingshots: Radical Islamism and Counter-Terrorism Strategy  Shamit Saggar 4. British Counter-Terrorism After 7/7: Adapting Community-Policing to the Fight Against Domestic Terrorism Jytte Klausen  5. Muslims in the Netherlands: Social and Political Developments after 9/11 Frank J. Buijs  6. Recognizing Islam in France after 9/11 John R. Bowen  7. Limits of Integration Policy: Britain and her Muslims Christian Joppke  8. The American Mosque in Transition: Assimilation, Acculturation and Isolation Ihsan Bagby  9. Muslim Transnational Identity and State Responses in the UK after 9/11: Political Community, Ideology and Authority Peter Mandaville

Biography

Erik Bleich is Associate Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College in Vermont. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles on European policymaking in the areas of race, ethnicity, and religion. His book Race Politics in Britain and France: Ideas and Policymaking since the 1960s was published in 2003, and he is currently at work on a book entitled The Freedom to be Racist?