Islam, Migration and Integration The Age of Securitization

by Kaya, Ayhan

• ISBN13: 9780230516793
• ISBN10: 0230516793
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This work explores contemporary debates on migration and integration, focussing on Euro-Muslims. It critically engages with republicanist and multiculaturalist policies of integration and claims that integration means more than cultural and linguistic assimilation of migrant communities.

Author Biography

AYHAN KAYA is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the European Institute at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. He is the author of Belgian-Turks (with F. Kentel), Euro-Turks (with F. Kentel), and Constructing Diasporas.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. x
List of Maps	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Preface	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The overall socio-political context: the stigmatization of Islam	p. 4
Securitization of migration as a form of governmentality: migrants as anti-citizens	p. 7
Security sector: winners and losers	p. 11
Fortress Europe: ultra-politics of symbols	p. 14
Migrants in post-social state: from welfarism to prudentialism	p. 24
Management of ethno-cultural and religious diversity	p. 28
The scope of the study	p. 36
Germany: from Segregation to Integration	p. 39
Hyphenated citizenship: German-Turks	p. 45
Anatomy of German-Turkish transnational space	p. 52
Habitats of meaning for German-Turks	p. 57
France: from Integration to Segregation	p. 62
Stigmatization and statisticalization of illegal migrants	p. 67
Weakening of Egalitarian Republican rhetoric	p. 70
From assimilation to the Communautes	p. 75
Crisis of French universalism: affaire des foulard	p. 78
Banlieu riots: a quest for Republican resistance	p. 81
Puissance: the power of collectivity	p. 88
Belgium: a Culturally Divided Land	p. 93
The migratory process in Belgium: From Gasterbeiders (guestworkers) to Vreemdelingen (foreigners)	p. 98
Diverse understandings of citizenship	p. 100
Integration of immigrants: Walloon and Flemish models	p. 103
Attitudes towards foreigners	p. 111
The Netherlands: from Multiculturalism to Assimilation	p. 116
Pillarization (Verzuiling) and depillarization of Dutch society	p. 117
Fifth column: Islam in the Netherlands	p. 120
Muslims in the Netherlands: colonial legacy	p. 123
Ethnic minority policy	p. 127
Naar Netherlands (Coming to the Netherlands)	p. 134
Structural outsiderism among Muslims	p. 136
Dutch minority research industry	p. 138
Building Communities: Comfort in Purity	p. 141
Making and unmaking communities	p. 142
'Imported' brides and bridegrooms: search for purity	p. 147
Multiculturalism: a neo-colonial technique of governmentality	p. 152
The failure of republicanism and multiculturalism	p. 155
The need for political integration of migrants	p. 161
Accommodation of Islam: Individualization vs. Institutionalization	p. 168
Religion and state in different countries	p. 168
Euro-Islam: politics of honour	p. 177
The individualization of Islam among younger generations	p. 180
Religion as a tool for emancipation: portable Islam	p. 187
The other side of the coin: institutionalization of Islam	p. 194
Conclusion: Transnationalizing Integration	p. 201
Transnationalizing integration	p. 207
Notes	p. 210
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 245
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