European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, Religious and Ethnic Challenges - Softcover

Anna Triandafyllidou; Traiq Modood; Nasar Meer

 
9780748644513: European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, Religious and Ethnic Challenges
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ISBN 10: 0748644512 ISBN 13: 9780748644513
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Focusing on 7 European countries - Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece and Spain - the contributors compare and contrast a host of debates and policies surrounding multicultural citizenship and diversity integration. Each chapter reviews several of these countries in relation to a specific theoretical question or issue: citizenship, diversity, civic recognition, gender, religious diversity & education, integration, anti-discrimination policies and social policy.

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About the Author

Anna Triandafyllidou is Professor at the European University Institute in Florence and is Senior Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy in Athens. She is author and editor of numerous books, most recently Muslims in 21st-Century Europe (editor, Routledge, 2009) and What is Europe? (Palgrave, 2010). 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. He is a regular contributor to the media and policy debates and his latest books are Ethnicity, Nationalism and Minority Rights (co-edited with S. May and J. Squires) and Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Public Policy in the US and UK (co-edited with G. Loury and S. Teles) (both CUP, 2004). Nasar Meer is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University. He is author of Citizenship, Identity, Consciousness and the Politics of Multiculturalism (Palgrave, 2010).

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Proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalism The 'crisis of multiculturalism' comes at a time of heightened security awareness as a result of the events of 9/11, the London and Madrid bombings, and their aftermath. It is now time for a more sober discourse on the renewed challenges that multiculturalism is facing today. This interdisciplinary book details empirical and theoretical inquiries into immigrant minority claims, with a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the value issues entrenched in them and the related policy challenges and measures adopted to address them. Key Features Focuses on seven European countries - Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece and Spain Gives an overview of the challenge of multiculturalism and evaluates different approaches within a novel analytical framework Emphasises national debates and approaches to accommodating diversity Describes to what extent debates, policy challenges and best practices have a European currency Anna Triandafyllidou is Professor (part-time) at the European University Institute in Florence and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP in Athens. She is editor of /Muslims in 21st Century Europe/ (2010). 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. His recent publications include /Still Not Easy Being British/ (2010) and (co-edited with J. Salt) /Global Migrations, Ethnicity and Britishness/ (2011). Nasar Meer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Northumbria. His publications include /Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism/ (2010).

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Proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalismThe 'crisis of multiculturalism' comes at a time of heightened security awareness as a result of the events of 9/11, the London and Madrid bombings, and their aftermath. It is now time for a more sober discourse on the renewed challenges that multiculturalism is facing today.This interdisciplinary book details empirical and theoretical inquiries into immigrant minority claims, with a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the value issues entrenched in them and the related policy challenges and measures adopted to address them.Key FeaturesFocuses on seven European countries - Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece and SpainGives an overview of the challenge of multiculturalism and evaluates different approaches within a novel analytical frameworkEmphasises national debates and approaches to accommodating diversityDescribes to what extent debates, policy challenges and best practices have a European currencyAnna Triandafyllidou is Professor (part-time) at the European University Institute in Florence and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP in Athens. She is editor of /Muslims in 21st Century Europe/ (2010).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. His recent publications include /Still Not Easy Being British/ (2010) and (co-edited with J. Salt) /Global Migrations, Ethnicity and Britishness/ (2011).Nasar Meer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Northumbria. His publications include /Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism/ (2010).

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0748644512
ISBN 13 
9780748644513
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
Editor
Anna Triandafyllidou, Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood

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