International migration and the governance of religious diversity / edited by Paul Bramadat and Matthias Koenig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bramadat, Paul, 1967-

Koenig, Matthias.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Metropolis Project.

Series:

Migration and diversity ; 1.

Migration and diversity ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism--Political aspects--Western countries.

Religious pluralism.

Religious pluralism--Social aspects--Western countries.

Religion and politics--Western countries.

Religion and politics.

Religion and sociology--Western countries.

Religion and sociology.

Religious minorities.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

Western countries--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects.

Western countries.

Western countries--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Religious minorities--Western countries.

Physical Description:

x, 340 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, ON : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, [2009]

Summary:

This book explores the governance of religious diversity in Western immigration countries. It focuses on changes in the political, legal, and social responses to religious diversity that have resulted from increased international migration and the public visibility of new religious minorities in Europe, North America, and Australia. Contributors examine contemporary theoretical debates about international migration, religious diversity and integration policy, and present original in-depth analyses of specific national contexts, allowing readers to observe social forces at work in the governance of religious diversity. These national case studies are put into comparative perspective through an examination of both international normative frameworks for policy-formulation and the impact of contemporary world events on public discourse about the relationship between religious diversity and migration.

Bramadat and Koenig have gathered together a team of world class scholars to explore one of the most pressing issues in debates around immigration and multiculturalism, that is, how can we integrate people of many faiths into democratic, secular societies? At a time when religion has become a burning question for multicultural democracies around the world, their groundbreaking analysis of the theoretical issues associated with religion and migration and their survey of seven different national case studies addresses one of the most important lacunae in the literature on liberal demoncracy, multiculturalism, and immigrant integration.

Relationships between religions and states have presented numerous challenges for centuries. Drawing upon an exceptional gathering of expertise, this book provides comparative and theoretical views on contemporary religion-state dynamics. National histories and current contexts, migration-driven diversities, post-9/11 debates, transnational connections, and global processes are impressively interwoven in this state-of-the-art volume.

Contents:

1 Religious Diversity and International Migration: National and Global Dimensions / Paul Bramadat 1

Part I Theoretical Perspectives

2 Global Migration and Religious Rebellion / Mark Juergensmeyer 29

3 The Governance of Religious Diversity: Theory, Research, and Practice / Veit Bader 43

Part II National Case Studies

4 Constructing Religious Pluralism Transnationally: Reflections from the United States / Peggy Levitt, Jessica Hejtmanek 75

5 Modus Co-vivendi: Religious Diversity in Canada / Micheline Milot 105

6 In Transition: The Governance of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Contemporary Australia / Desmond Cahill 131

7 Religions and Governance in the United Kingdom: Religious Diversity, Established Religion, and Emergent Alternatives / Paul Weller 161

8 Islam, Immigration, and France / Jocelyne Cesari 195

9 Accommodating Religious Diversity in Switzerland / Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka 225

10 Religious Citizenship Versus Policies of Immigrant Integration: The Case of Austria / Julia Mourô Permoser, Sieglinde Rosenberger 259

Part III Comparative and Global Perspectives

11 How Nations-States Respond to Religious Diversity / Matthias Koenig 293

12 The Governance of Religious Diversity: The Old and the New / Will Kymlicka 323.

Notes:

Co-publ. by: McGill-Queen's University Press, in partnership with Metropolis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781553392668

1553392663

9781553392675

1553392671

OCLC:

302055246