Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship: A European Approach

by Modood; Tariq

• ISBN13: 9780415355148
• ISBN10: 0415355141
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Multiculturalism and Citizenship investigates the European dimension of multiculturalism and immigration. This book argues that the political theory discourse of multiculturalism and resulting policies in this area assume an interpretation of liberalism that has developed from the American experience, rather than the European, and that this issue must be addressed. Much of the theoretical debate up to now understates the normative power of majority/state nationality, and overlooks the diverse societal and political contexts that may condition multicultural debates in different countries. Most seriously, such debate misses out the central feature of the multicultural challenge in Western Europe today: the assertion of religious-communal, especially Muslim, identities in polities whose self image is secular. This book argues, therefore, that a European theory must focus on different normative and political dilemmas than a North American one and must interrogate the claims for and againstsecularism. Multiculturalism and Citizenship is truly interdisciplinary in scope (combining sociological, political science and discourse analytical themes) and thus presents a fresh and unique perspective on multiculturalism and citizenship in Western Europe today. It offers a comparative and coherent series of national case studies by a diverse range of leading scholars in the field, which provide a theoretical framework for the volume as a whole. This is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers and policy makers interested in immigration, multiculturalism, European integration, Islamic studies and ethnicities.

Table of Contents

List of tables	ix
Notes on contribuitors	x
Acknowledgements	xiii
European challenges to multicultural citizenship: Muslims, secularism and beyond	1	(22)
Anna Triandafyllidou
Tariq Modood
Ricard Zapata Barrero
Multiculturalism, citizenship and Islam in problematic encounters in Belgium	23	(14)
Hassan Bousetta
Dirk Jacobs
British Muslims and the politics of multiculturalism	37	(20)
Tariq Modood
French secularism and Islam: France's headscarf affair	57	(13)
Riva Kastoryano
The particular universalism of a Nordic civic nation: common values, state religion and Islam in Danish political culture	70	(24)
Per Mouritsen
Enemies within the gates: the debate about the citizenship of Muslims in Germany	94	(23)
Werner Schiffauer
Religious diversity and multiculturalism in Southern Europe: the Italian mosque debate	117	(26)
Anna Triandafyllidou
The Muslim community and Spanish tradition: Maurophobia as a fact, and impartiality as a desideratum	143	(19)
Ricard Zapata-Barrero
Secularism and the accommodation of Muslims in Europe	162	(17)
Tariq Modood
Riva Kastoryano
Europe, liberalism and the `Muslim question'	179	(25)
Bhikhu Parekh
Index	204