Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe
P Irving Jackson
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Description for Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847428875
SKU
V9781847428875
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99-50
About P Irving Jackson
Dr 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. Dr Peter Doerschler is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bloomsburg University of ... Read more
Reviews for Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe
"A timely, accessible and well-documented study about the well-being of European Muslims." Journal of Muslims in Europe "It is a landmark publication in my eyes and very welcome analysis." Mark J. Miller, University of Delaware "Benchmarking Muslim well-being in Europe offers hard statistical evidence showing that xenophobes who accuse European Muslims of refusing to integrate are blaming the victims. This ... Read more