Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe: Reducing Disparities and Polarization: Reducing Disparities and Polarizations - Hardcover

Pamela Irving Jackson; Peter Doerschler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847428878 ISBN 13: 9781847428875

Publisher: Policy Press, 2012

Synopsis

The debate about Muslim integration throughout Europe has been increased by the recent shocking events in Norway. This highly topical book aims to undermine unsubstantiated myths by examining Muslim integration in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, states which dominate the debate on minority integration and the practice of Muslim religious traditions. These nations have a range of alternative relationships between religion and the state, as well as strategies for coordinating individuals' ethnic and state identities. Using the European Parliament's benchmarking guidelines, surveys and other non-official data, the authors find that in some areas Muslims are in fact more integrated than popularly assumed and suggest that, instead of failing to integrate, Muslims find their access to integration blocked in ways that reduce their life chances in the societies in which they are now permanent residents. The book will have an impact on research and policy especially with the commencement of the EU-wide integration benchmarking effort and will be an excellent resource for researchers, academics and policy makers.

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About the Author

Pamela Irving Jackson, a Fulbright scholar, is Director of the Justice Studies Program and Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College, where she received the Thorp Professorship for Outstanding Scholarship and the Maixner Distinguished Teaching Award. She served on the editorial board of the American Sociological Review. Peter Doerschler, a Fulbright scholar, is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, and recipient of a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). His primary interests include European politics, political behavior and environmental politics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847428878
• ISBN 13: 9781847428875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208