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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459123403321

Titolo

Muslims in 21st century Europe : structural and cultural perspectives / / edited by Anna Triandafyllidou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-134-00444-3

1-134-00445-1

1-282-59548-2

9786612595486

0-203-87784-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Routledge/ESA studies in European society ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

TriandafyllidouAnna

Disciplina

305.697094

Soggetti

Muslims - Europe - Social conditions - 21st century

Muslims - Europe - Social conditions

Immigrants - Europe - Social conditions

Muslims - Europe - Government relations

Islam - Social aspects - Europe

Cultural pluralism - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Social conditions 21st century

Europe Social conditions Case studies

Europe Race relations Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Muslims in 21st century Europe: Conceptual and empirical issues; 2 Islamophobia qua racial discrimination: Muslimophobia; 3 Public policies towards Muslims and the institutionalization of 'Moderate Islam' in Europe: Some critical reflections; 4 Muslims in Germany: From guest workers to citizens?; 5 Britain: Contemporary developments in cases of Muslim-state engagement; 6 Sweden: Cooperation and conflict; 7 Islam in the Netherlands, Dutch Islam; 8 From Empire to Republic, the French Muslim dilemma



9 Muslims in Italy: Models of integration and new citizenship10 Muslims in Spain: Blurring past and present Moors; 11 Greece: The challenge of native and immigrant Muslim populations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Muslims in 21st Century Europe explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in various European countries with a view to highlighting different paths of integration of immigrant and native Muslims. Starting with a critical overview of the institutionalisation of Islam in Europe and a discussion on the nature of Muslimophobia as a social phenomenon, this book shows how socio-economic, institutional and political parameters set the frame for Muslim integration in Europe. Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden are sel